Objective: The purpose of this study was to introduce enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) concept into patients with lumbar degenerative diseases who were treated with oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF),…
Purpose: The aim of this study was to elucidate segmental range of motion (ROM) before and after common decompression and fusion procedures on the lumbar spine. Methods: ROM of fourteen…
doi: 10.1007/s10143-023-02005-4. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Irkutsk State Medical University, 1 Krassnogo Vosstaniya Street, off 201, 664003, Irkutsk, Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia. [email protected]. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Railway…
Background: Spina bifida is a relatively common congenital malformation. As the functional prognosis of patients with spina bifida has improved over time, the number of cases resulting in pregnancy and…
doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06428-4. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, 365 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61453, Republic of Korea. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun…
doi: 10.1080/02688697.2023.2197494. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Neurosurgery department, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. 2 National Spinal Injuries Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow, Glasgow,…
Background: Existing literature has not yet evaluated the impact of postoperative length of stay (LOS) on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and minimum clinically important difference (MCID) in patients undergoing anterior…
Background context: High serum nicotine levels increase the risk of non-union after spinal fusion. Varenicline, a pharmaceutical adjunct for smoking cessation, is a partial agonist designed to displace and outcompete…
doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1158836. eCollection 2023. Salvatore Petrone 1 2 , Marco Ajello 3 , Nicola Marengo 3 , Marco Bozzaro 1 , Alessandro Pesaresi 2 , Mario Allevi 2 , Alessandro Fiumefreddo 3 , Federica Denegri 4…
Objective: To identify perioperative predictors of minimum clinically important difference (MCID) for patients undergoing lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) for the patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information…