Objective: The modified frailty index (mFI) is a simple tool that measures physiological reserve based on a thorough history and physical examination. Its use has been validated in several surgical…
Objective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of a novel multidirectional in situ expandable minimally invasive surgery (MIS) transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)…
Background: Lumbar spine surgery with or without intraoperative dural tear (DT) may contribute to postoperative subdural hematomas and/or cerebellar intracranial hemorrhages (ICHs). Here, we present two patients, one with and…
Background: Awake surgery is performed in multiple surgical specialties, but historically, awake surgery in the field of neurosurgery was limited to craniotomies. Over the past two decades, spinal surgeons have…
Case Reports . 2021 Apr 5;13(4):e14299. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14299. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, USA. 2 Orthopaedics Spine Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester,…
doi: 10.1007/s11517-021-02375-1. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China. 2 School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University,…
Background and purpose: In cases of spine surgical revisions of patients affected by sagittal malalignment, the restoration of the ideal lumbar lordosis (LL) is mandatory. ALIF procedures represent a powerful…
doi: 10.1002/jor.25111. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. 2 Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida…
Summary of background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that can cause physical and neurological dysfunction. Patients with MS are living longer and undergoing more orthopedic procedures, but…
Objectives: We assessed the sequential magnetic resonance images (MRI) changes of indirect neural decompression after minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LIF) combined with posterior percutaneous pedicle screw (PPS) fixation…