Study design: Retrospective comparative study. Objective: To evaluate the changes in global spinal sagittal alignment (GSSA) following selective anterior spinal fusion (ASF) in patients with Lenke type 5 adolescent idiopathic…
Study design: Retrospective case-control study. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of pseudarthrosis following ATP lumbar and lumbosacral fusions. Summary of background data: Pseudarthrosis is a feared complication following spinal fusions…
Study design: A retrospective cross-sectional study. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effect size of postoperative glycemic variability on surgical outcomes among patients who have undergone one- to three-level…
Study design: This was a dual-center study over an eight-year period on patients undergoing single level fusion surgery with either posterior- (PLIF) or transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). We analyzed…
Purpose: To report the first case of hyperacute onset of adjacent segmental disease (ASD) with dorsally migrated herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) causing cauda equina syndrome. Methods: A 55-year-old female complained…
Background: Vertebral bone defect represents one of the most commonly found skeletal problems in the spine. Progressive increase of vertebral involvement of skeletal tuberculosis (TB) is reported as the main…
Introduction: Various surgical techniques have been introduced for atlantoaxial (C1-C2) fusion, the most common being Magerl's (transarticular) or the Harms/Goel screw fixation. Common indications include degenerative osteoarthritis (OA), trauma or…
Background: context: Lumbar disc replacement (LDR) is a motion sparing procedure for degenerative disc disease. When compared to lumbar fusion, this procedure may reduce complications, reoperations, operative time, and length…
Objective: Cortical bone trajectory (CBT) screw insertion using a freehand technique is considered less feasible than guided techniques, due to the lack of readily identifiable visual landmarks. However, in posterior…
Objective: In corrective spinal surgery for adult spinal deformity (ASD), the focus has been on achieving optimal spinopelvic alignment. However, the correction of coronal spinal alignment is equally important. The…