Case Reports . 2021 Sep 25;13(9):e18277. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18277. eCollection 2021 Sep. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. 2 Neurosurgery, University of Miami…
Introduction: Surgery for adult spine deformity presents a challenging issue for spinal surgeons with high morbidity rates reported in the literature. The minimally invasive lateral approach aims at reducing these…
Study design: This was a retrospective comparative study. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effect of increased age on perioperative and postoperative complication rates, reoperation rates,…
Study design: Meta-analyses. Objective: This study aims to document the most common Patient-reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) used to assess lumbar fusion surgery outcomes and provide an estimate of the average…
Background: The variance in clinical responses to polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages with titanium (Ti) and hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings (PEEK-Ti-HA cages) is still not clear. In this study, we aimed to evaluate…
Purpose: To develop a decision-making pathway for primary SA-LLIF. Furthermore, we analyzed the agreement of this pathway and compared outcomes of patients undergoing either SA-LLIF or 360-LLIF. Method: A decision-making…
Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi . 2021 Oct 25;38(5):877-884. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.202102010. [Article in Chinese] Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University,…
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of the lumbar sagittal profile on pelvic orientation and pelvic motion during postural changes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis…
Objective: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques can effectively stabilize and decompress many thoracolumbar injuries with decreased morbidity and tissue destruction compared with open approaches. Nonetheless, there is limited direction regarding…
Introduction: What is overlooked in clinical studies are the possibilities of manufacturing and design aspects of the instrumentation that could initiate rod fracture. Although revision because of hardware fracture is…