Objective: Workers' compensation (WC) and litigation have been shown to adversely impact prognoses in a vast range of health conditions. Low-back pain is currently the most frequent reason for WC…
Objective: Although the number of elderly patients requiring lumbar fusion for lumbar degenerative disorders has increased over time, the postoperative outcomes of lumbar fusion in very elderly patients (> 85…
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. 2023 Mar 23;S1878-8750(23)00333-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.03.037. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA. Electronic address: [email protected]. 2 Department of…
Background: To explore the characteristics and clinical management of thoracic spinal stenosis with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). Methods: The patients diagnosed with thoracic spondylotic myelopathy who underwent spinal decompression…
Rationale: Microphthalmia with limb anomalies is a rare, autosomal recessive, multiple congenital anomaly syndrome. Patients with this syndrome particularly present with monocular or bilateral anophthalmia/microphthalmia and distal limb anomalies. However,…
Introduction: Within advances in minimally invasive spine surgery, the implementation of lateral single position (LSP) increases efficiency while limiting complications, avoiding intraoperative repositioning and diminishing surgical time. Most literature describes…
doi: 10.1007/s11517-023-02819-w. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2 Orthopaedic Research Lab, Montreal General Hospital,…
Objective: Anterior stabilization of the spine with a lateral approach to insert a large and broad cage creating a better bearing surface to restore or maintain the lumbar lordosis. Indications:…
. 2023 Mar 21;S0949-2658(23)00078-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jos.2023.03.008. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. Electronic address:…