Objective: This research was designed to probe into the effects of unilateral and bilateral pedicle screw fixation on the VAS scores of low back pain, leg pain, ODI indexes and…
Kitchen elbow sign (KE-Sign) is a skin abnormality on the extensor side of the elbow and forearm that is often observed in patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD). The significance…
Minimal invasive spinal fusion has become popular in the last decade. Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) is a relatively new surgical technique and could avoid back muscle stripping and posterior…
Introduction: Burst fractures occur frequently in high energy trauma and are commonly associated with falls from height and road traffic accidents. While multiple burst fractures are not uncommon in thoracic…
Case Reports . 2021 Jun 16;9(17):4408-4414. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i17.4408. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedics, The Third Medical Center of People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China. 2 Department…
Purpose: To implement a clinically applicable, predictive model for the lumbar Cobb angle below a selective thoracic fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Methods: A series of 146 adolescents with Lenke…
Background: Few reports in the literature have described the long-term outcome of postoperative infection from the patient perspective. The aim of the present study was to determine if complicated surgical…
Objective: Flexible stabilisation has been utilised to maintain spinal mobility in patients with early-stage lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Previous literature has not yet established any non-fusion solution as a viable…
Background: There is a paucity of information regarding outcomes in minimally invasive surgical (MIS) approaches to posterior lumbar surgery in morbidly obese patients. We seek to determine if there are…
Objective: Adjacent-segment disease (ASD) requiring operative intervention is a relatively common long-term consequence of lumbar fusion surgery. Although the incidence of ASD requiring reoperation is well described for traditional posterior…