Background: Few reports focus on adults with severe scoliosis. Objective: To report surgical outcomes and complications for adults with severe scoliosis. Methods: A multicenter, retrospective review was performed on operatively…
doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.09.018. Epub 2021 Sep 17. Yoji Ogura 1 , Yoshiyuki Takahashi 2 , Takahiro Kitagawa 2 , Yoshiro Yonezawa 2 , Kodai Yoshida 2 , Kazuki Takeda 2 , Yoshiomi Kobayashi 2 , Yohei Takahashi 2…
Objective: Identify the impact of preoperative treatment of Osteoporosis (OP) on reoperation rates, complications and healthcare utilization following thoraco-lumbar (TL) spine fusions. Materials and methods: We used ICD9/10 and CPT…
doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.08.023. Epub 2021 Sep 13. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected]. 2 Department…
Case Reports . 2021 Oct;49(10):3000605211049961. doi: 10.1177/03000605211049961. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedics, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. 2 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 46615Taipei…
Objective: The development of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) often requires further surgery after posterior decompression without fusion because of postoperative intervertebral instability. However, there is no information on whether…
Objective: Good bone quality is the key to avoiding osteoporotic fragility fractures and poor outcomes after lumbar instrumentation and fusion surgery. Although dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) screening is the current…
Study design: This was a retrospective cohort study. Objective: The aim was to compare the clinical outcomes, radiographic parameters and perioperative complications of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF)…
doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000001248. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Texas Back Institute, Plano, TX. Item in Clipboard Alexander M Satin et al. Clin Spine Surg. 2021. Show details Display options…
Study design: A retrospective study. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) in pars repair of…