We report a rare case of a rigid spinal deformity with severe pelvic obliquity (PO) resulting from hip ankylosis caused by childhood tuberculosis (TB). A 66-year-old woman presented with left…
Objective: To describe the anatomical feature positioned beneath the psoas muscle at the lateral aspect of the lower lumbar, and to create a new location system to identify the risk…
Objective: To conduct a comprehensive clinical-neurological assessment and to study the results of functional recovery of professional athletes after minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion. Materials and methods: The retrospective study…
Background: Spinal fusion is the mainstay treatment for various spinal conditions ranging from lumbar and cervical stenosis to degenerative spondylolisthesis as well as extensive deformity corrections. A new emerging category…
Purpose: This was an in vivo study to develop a novel movable lumbar artificial vertebral complex (MLVC) in a goat model. The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical…
Objective: To compare the outcome of nerve root injection guided by ultrasound/MRI fusion with radiofrequency needle tracking (eTRAX©) and the same procedure undertaken by fluoroscopic guidance. Methods: This is a…
Introduction: Few studies have evaluated the utility of machine learning techniques to predict and classify outcomes, such as length of stay (LOS), for lumbar fusion patients. Six supervised machine learning…
Objective: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a multimodal, evidence-based approach to perioperative care that aims to reduce physiological and psychological stress, improve the quality of rehabilitation and speed up…
doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.11.025. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130014, China. 2 Department of Orthopedics, The Second…
Objective: Use of BMP in the setting of infection remains controversial. We examined the safety and effectiveness of BMP in the surgical treatment of pyogenic spondylodiscitis and compared patients who…