Study design: Retrospective review of prospectively collected cases. Purpose: To report bowel injury cases and determine the incidence and risk factors of insidious pneumoperitoneum after lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF).…
doi: 10.2176/nmc.oa.2021-0159. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Neurosurgery Tokai University. Item in Clipboard Han Soo Chang et al. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2021. Show details Display…
doi: 10.1007/s00132-021-04140-6. Online ahead of print. [Article in German] Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Deutschland. [email protected]. 2 Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Deutschland. Item…
Background: Instrumented posterior lumbar fusion (IPLF) with and without transforaminal interbody fusion (TLIF) is a common treatment for low back pain when conservative interventions have failed. Certain patient comorbidities and…
doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1967286. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of spine services, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, India. Item in Clipboard Abhinandan Reddy Mallepally et al. Br J…
Despite the increasing prevalence of spinal surgery in super-elderly (SE) patients, the outcomes and complication rates have not been fully elucidated. The purpose of this study was to compare the…
Study design: Cross-sectional observational cohort study. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and risk factors associated with the development of sacroiliac joint (SIJ) dysfunction following…
Purpose: This study evaluates the influence of patient frailty status on postoperative complications in those receiving single-level lumbar fusion surgery. Methods: The nationwide readmission database was retrospectively queried between 2016…
Purpose: While a change in the pelvic incidence (PI) after long spine fusion surgery has been reported, no studies have examined the change in the PI on the operating table.…
Spinal stenosis is the compression of nerve roots by bone or soft tissue secondary to the narrowing of the spinal canal, lateral recesses, or intervertebral foramina. Spinal stenosis may have…