Background: This study aimed to assess the surgical outcomes of two kinds of demineralized bone matrix (DBM) putties/local autograft composites in instrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion (PLF). Methods: Twenty-seven fusion segments…
Background: Intervertebral fusion is the most common surgery to treat lumbar degenerative disease (LDD). And the graft material used in the operation is derived from the iliac crest to promote…
Background: Postoperative spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is a rare complication of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). This condition may rapidly produce severe neurological deficits, often requiring a prompt surgical…
Purpose: Previous studies have shown conflicting results regarding the factors affecting the clinical outcome after fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis. However, no study has compared the best and worst clinical outcome…
Although transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is a widely accepted procedure, major complications such as cage retropulsion (CR) can cause poor clinical outcomes. Endplate injury (EI) was recently identified as…
. 2021 Jan 27;16(1):198-206. doi: 10.1515/med-2021-0223. eCollection 2021. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Kepler University Hospital, Neuromed Campus, Linz, Austria. 2 Department of Mathematics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg,…
Objective: Patients undergoing spine surgery often inaccurately estimate their pain tolerance and postoperative analgesic requirement. We sought to identify an association between patients' self-perceived pain tolerance and postoperative opioid consumption…
Background: The aim of this study was to compare surgical trauma and radiographic and clinical outcomes of stand-alone and instrumented lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) in the treatment of single-level…
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. 2021 Feb 12;100(6):e24685. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024685. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Seoul Sacred Heart General Hospital Orthopedic Surgery Department. Item in Clipboard Dong Ki Ahn et al. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021. Show details…