Study design: Systematic review. Objectives: Synthesize previous studies evaluating clinical utility of preoperative Hb/Hct and HbA1c in patients undergoing common spinal procedures: anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), posterior cervical…
Study design: Retrospective cohort. Objective: Reoperation to lumbar spinal fusion creates significant burden on patient quality of life and healthcare costs. We assessed rates, etiologies, and risk factors for reoperation…
Objective: This study was performed to investigate the baseline serum titanium levels in patients with short-segment titanium alloy posterior instrumentation and to assess patient-, implant-, and surgery-related factors that might…
Study design: A retrospective study. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of Global Alignment and Proportion (GAP) score to predict the occurrence of adjacent segment…
Study design: A retrospective study. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) after lumbosacral long fusion according to preoperative Roussouly and lumbar degenerative kyphosis…
Introduction: The advantages of using negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) of a topical solution that dwells on the wound have been shown to include removal…
Background: Opioid requirements in the perioperative period in patients undergoing lumbar spine fusion surgery remain problematic. Although minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques have been developed, there still remain substantial challenges…
doi: 10.1007/s10143-021-01479-4. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Spine Center, Matsudo City General Hospital, 993-1 Sendabori, Matsudo, 270-2296, Japan. [email protected]. 2 Spine Center, Matsudo Orthopaedic Hospital, 1-161 Asahi-cho,…
Background: Some patients with lumbar spine stenosis (LSS) have severe low back pain (LBP) with only mild leg symptoms. The effects of decompression surgery for such patients remain unknown. Methods:…
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