Objective: To investigate and compare the effect of decompression and fusion with internal fixation vs. simple decompression in the treatment of elderly patients with two-segment lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in…
Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy, complications, and reoperation rates among three major treatments for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS): decompression, fusion, and interspinous process device (IPD), using a Bayesian network…
Background: Autogenous bone graft is the gold standard bone grafting substrate available in spinal fusion because of its osteoconductive, osteogenic, and osteoinductive properties. However, several shortcomings including bleeding, infection, chronic…
Study design: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Objectives: To evaluate clinical and radiographic outcomes, and perioperative complications of oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) for adult spinal deformity (ASD). Methods: We…
Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin . 2021 Jan 11;1-10. doi: 10.1080/10255842.2020.1869219. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Manufacturing, School of Mechanical…
Study design: Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective: To determine if the addition of L5-S1 interbody support in long fusion deformity constructs is associated with superior long-term clinical and…
Study design: Cross-sectional study. Objective: To analyze the feasibility of anterior spinal access to the vascular corridor at the L5-S1 junction, by evaluating three crucial anatomical landmarks. This provides a…
Study design: Cost-effectiveness analysis. Objective: To determine if bariatric surgery prior to posterior lumbar decompression and fusion (PLDF) for degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) is a cost-effective strategy. Summary of background data:…
Study design: Post-hoc analysis of 5-year follow-up data from a prospective randomized multicenter trial. Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify preoperative factors that predict poor postoperative outcomes…
Aim: to present our experience on spinal sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma (SEF) and review the existing literature pertaining to SEF of the spine. Methods and results: six cases of spinal SEF…