Background context: Bertolotti Syndrome is a diagnosis given to patients with lower back pain arising from a lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV). These patients can experience symptomatology similar to common degenerative…
Background context: Frailty has been associated with inferior surgical outcomes in various fields of spinal surgery. With increasing healthcare costs, hospital length of stay (LOS) and unplanned readmissions have emerged…
Study design: Modified Delphi study. Objective: The objective of this study was to establish expert consensus on the application of lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) by using the modified Delphi…
Study design: A finite element analysis study. Objective: Of proximal junctional failure, upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) fracture can causes severe spinal cord injury. Previously, we reported that higher occupancy rate…
Background: This study aimed to compare posterolateral fusion with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (PLF + TLIF) and PLF only in terms of revision surgery rates and complications, as well as…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Overcorrection in adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery may lead to proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) because of posterior spinal displacement. The aim of this paper…
Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng . 2021 May 17;e3498. doi: 10.1002/cnm.3498. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. 2 Biomechanics…
Introduction: Age 65 years or older is considered a risk factor for worse outcomes after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). However, few studies have differentiated this cohort from younger patients.…
This study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes of endoscopic spinal surgery (ESS) and minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) for degenerative lumbar disease (DLD) through meta-analysis. The Medline…
Background context: There are few studies of the radio-clinical outcomes of cement-augmented cannulated pedicle screw (CPS) fixation in osteoporotic patients. Purpose: To compare the radiological and clinical outcomes between groups…