Introduction: Anterolateral transpsoas approach is considered as safe access to the retroperitoneum with low risk of complications. The most frequent described complications due to this approach were nerve, bowel, urethral…
doi: 10.3928/01477447-20201119-02. Online ahead of print. Item in Clipboard Catherine Qiu et al. Orthopedics. 2020. Show details Display options Display options Format AbstractPubMedPMID doi: 10.3928/01477447-20201119-02. Online ahead of print. Item in…
Objective: To compare the degenerative changes of adjacent segments after posterior lumbar fusion surgery using cortical bone trajectory (CBT) screws and pedicle screws (PS) in lumbar spinal degenerative disease. Methods:…
. 2020 Nov 22;1750458920950664. doi: 10.1177/1750458920950664. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 97644Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, UK. Item in Clipboard M McKenna et al. J Perioper Pract. 2020. Show…
Purposes: To explore the function of endplate epiphyseal ring in OLIF stand-alone surgery using a biomechanical model to reduce the complications of endplate collapse and cage subsidence. Methods: In total,…
Background context: Degenerative lumbar conditions are prevalent, disabling, and frequently managed with decompression and fusion. Black patients have lower spinal fusion rates than White patients. Purpose: Determine whether specific lumbar…
Introduction: Being able to quantify the invasiveness of a surgical procedure is important to weigh up its associated risks, since invasiveness governs the blood loss, operative time and likelihood of…
Background context: The patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) is a valuable tool for interpreting patient-reported outcomes. Previous studies have attempted to define the PASS in a heterogenous cohort with various…
Study design: Retrospective Study. Objective: To compare methods of assessing pre-operative bone density to predict risk for osteoporosis related complications (ORC), defined as proximal junctional kyphosis, pseudarthrosis, accelerated adjacent segment…
doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.09.047. Epub 2020 Oct 12. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Suwon Leon Wiltse Memorial Hospital, Suwon, Republic of Korea. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Suwon Leon Wiltse Memorial…