. 2021 May 1;30(3):211-217. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000771. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital & Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 2 Department of…
doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1904131. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, the Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, P.R. China. 2 Department of Orthopaedics, Air Force…
Study design: This was a retrospective cohort study. Objective: The objective of this study was to compare 30-day postdischarge morbidity for 3-or-more level (multilevel) posterior lumbar fusion in patients who…
Study design: This was a retrospective cohort study. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness and invasiveness of a combined screw insertion technique [using cortical bone…
Study design: Retrospective review. Objective: The aim was to evaluate the learning curve of skin-anchored intraoperative navigation (ION) for minimally invasive lumbar surgery. Summary of background data: ION is increasingly…
Study design: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected observational data. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the slippage, sagittal alignment, and range of motion (ROM) after selective laminectomy (SL) in patients…
Dr Vaccaro has consulted or has done independent contracting for DePuy, Medtronic, Stryker Spine, Globus, Stout Medical, Gerson Lehrman Group, Guidepoint Global, Medacorp, Innovative Surgical Design, Orthobullets, Ellipse, and Vertex.…
Background: Fusion of a joint reportedly increases force in the adjacent joints and leads to progression of arthritis. Whether lumbar spinal fusion increases force in the hip joint and promotes…
Objectives: To evaluate the comparison between lordotic and non-lordotic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) cages in degenerative lumbar spine surgery and analyze radiological as well as clinical outcome parameters in…
Objective: To compare the intraoperative blood loss, postoperative drainage and hidden blood loss (HBL) in lumbar posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and…