Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the surgical indications, clinical efficacy, and preliminary experiences of nonstructural bone grafts for lumbar tuberculosis (TB). Methods: Thirty-four patients with lumbar TB who…
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) . 2021 Jan 27;opaa478. doi: 10.1093/ons/opaa478. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix,…
Study design: Retrospective case series. Objectives: Reduction of translational/angular slip is a favorable radiological result in spinal fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis, although its clinical significance remains controversial. Few studies have…
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) . 2021 Jan 11;11:552719. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.552719. eCollection 2020. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University…
Background and purpose - There are different opinions on how to surgically address lumbar spinal stenosis with concomitant degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS). We investigated reoperation rates at the index and adjacent…
Objective: The aim of the present paper was to evaluate cases of lumbar degenerative diseases treated with oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) using a modified lateral approach (i.e. anteroinferior psoas…
Background: The effects of restrictive fluid therapy combined with controlled hypotension in the elderly on systemic oxygen metabolism and renal function are clinical concerns. The aim of this study was…
doi: 10.3390/medicina57020087. Hirohiko Inanami 1 , Hiroki Iwai 2 , So Kato 3 , Yuichi Takano 2 , Yohei Yuzawa 1 , Kazuyoshi Yanagisawa 1 , Takeshi Kaneko 1 , Tomohide Segawa 1 , Ko Matsudaira 4 , Hiroyuki…
Objective: Many studies have reported positive surgical outcomes and decreased mortality after spine surgery in the elderly population, including patients between 85 and 90 years of age. Here, in addition…
Study design: Retrospective chart audit. Objectives: Firstly determining the prevalence of scoliosis in myelomeningocele (MMC) patients of the University Hospitals Leuven. Secondly analyzing whether there are differences concerning distribution of…