Posterior stabilization is a common surgical procedure, which aims for rigid stabilization by facet fusion. Facet non-union has a potential risk of the screw loosening and malalignment. Although some authors…
doi: 10.1115/1.4049154. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 246, Xuefu Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. 2…
Purpose: To assess the lumbar muscle conditions on the incidence of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) after long-level correction and instrumentation surgery for degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) patients with a minimum…
Purpose: Currently, there is no generalized consensus regarding perioperative prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing spine surgery. In the absence of large-scale studies, we aimed to use national…
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Objective: To evaluate feasibility and validate both safety and efficiency of radiological percutaneous periprosthetic bone cementoplasty (RPPBC) performed under local anesthesia as an alternative minimally invasive treatment of aseptic implant…
Purpose: To evaluate how 3D parameters of the instrumented thoracic spine relate to the uninstrumented lumbar spine following thoracic-only fusion (TOF) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and determine the factors…
Study design: Systematic review. Objectives: To systematically review, critically appraise and synthesize evidence on use of autologous stem cells sources for fusion in the lumbar spine. Methods: A systematic search…
Study design: Prospective follow-up study. Objectives: We aimed to assess the effect of lumbar spine fusion (LSF) on disability, health-related quality of life and mortality in a 5-year follow-up, and…
Study design: Clinical case series. Objectives: To compare the short-term (≤1 year) radiographical and clinical outcomes between posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) with a titanium-coated poly-ether-ether-ketone (TCP) cage and PLIF…