Background context: Best practices in opioid prescribing after elective surgery have been developed for most surgical subspecialties, including spine. However, some percentage of patients will become chronic users. Purpose: This…
Background: Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) represents a commonly performed spinal procedure that poses a significant financial burden on patients, hospitals and insurers. Reducing these costs, while maintaining efficacy, may…
Introduction: Postsurgical rehabilitation is critical for optimal recovery in people undergoing orthopaedic surgery. Currently, knee and lumbar spine postsurgical care is not standardised, economically sustainable, nor based on quality evidence,…
Background context: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a risk factor for further surgery after posterior decompression without fusion for patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSS). However, a strategy…
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The advantages of anterior, muscle-sparing interbody fusion for the management of degenerative scoliosis have been well defined in the literature. These include both direct and indirect decompression, restoration of disk/foraminal…
Background: The importance of spinopelvic harmony [pelvic incidence (PI) = lumbar lordosis (LL) ±10 degrees] is well established in the literature. We aimed to determine whether lateral lumbar interbody fusion…
Background: High-grade spondylolisthesis (>50% slippage) is infrequently encountered in adults and frequently requires surgical treatment. The optimal surgical treatment is controversial with limited literature guidance as to optimal approach to…
Background: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) is commonly utilized in lumbar degenerative pathologies. Standalone ALIF (ST-ALIF) systems were developed to avoid added morbidity, surgical time, and cost of anterior and…
Background: The opioid epidemic is at epic proportions currently in the United States. Exposure to opioids for surgery and subsequent postoperative pain management is a known risk factor for opioid…