Introduction and importance: Spinal tuberculosis was the most common TB infection in human body. Musculoskeletal tuberculosis (TB) mostly affected lower thoracal or upper lumbar spine. However, TB infection can also…
Study design: This study was a retrospective cohort database study which looked at the relationship between myocardial reinfarction following lumbar spine surgery. Objective: Current study aimed to determine the risk…
Study design: This was a retrospective database study. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate preoperative risk factors and incidence of venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) after cervical spine…
doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-04758-7. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery and Orthopedics, Endoscopic Spine Surgery Center, Seoul Bumin Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Spine…
Objective: Surgical treatment for degenerative spondylolisthesis has been proven to be clinically challenging and cost-effective. However, there is a range of thresholds that surgeons utilize for incorporating fusion in addition…
Objective: Restoring the proper sagittal alignment in adult spinal deformity (ASD) can improve radiological and clinical outcomes, but pseudarthrosis including rod fracture (RF) is a common problematic complication. The purpose…
Background: To explore the clinical safety and efficacy of single-stage posterior-only debridement, decompression, allograft bone using titanium mesh and interbody fusion combined for the treatment of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis complicated…
Objective: To evaluate the effect of inserting epidemiologic information into lumbar spine imaging reports on subsequent non-surgical and surgical procedures involving the thoracolumbosacral spine and sacroiliac (SI) joints. Design: Analysis…
Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) has become the standard of minimally invasive lumbar segmental scoliosis treatment. Our objective is to determine the safety and efficacy of XLIF in spinal canal…
Study design: Prospective observational study. Objectives: We aimed to analysis the distributional patterns of the intra- and extra-cage bridging bone (InCBB and ExCBB) and the significance of ExCBB using suggested…