Background: A paucity of literature on the effect of spinal endoscopic surgery replacing a large percentage of open and microscopic minimally invasive surgery on outcomes in patients. Objective: Evaluation of…

Purpose: Selective thoracic fusion (STF) for double curve patterns in idiopathic scoliosis is an attractive treatment option. However, short-term coronal decompensation and truncal imbalance are known findings. Previous studies with…

Background: During lumbar spinal fusion, spacer cages are implanted to provide vertebral stability, restore sagittal alignment, and maintain disc and foraminal height. Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is commonly used by most spine…

Background: Lumbar spinal stenosis is treated with decompression directly such as laminectomies and indirectly with an interspinous device through distraction and extension block. Interspinous devices (IPD) have also been used…

Background: Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF), first described in the literature in 2006 by Ozgur et al., involves direct access to the lateral disc space via a retroperitoneal trans-psoas tubular…

Case Reports doi: 10.21037/jss-20-578. Toru Funayama  1 , Kengo Fujii  2 , Tetsuya Abe  1 , Hiroshi Kumagai  1 , Katsuya Nagashima  1 , Kousei Miura  1 , Hiroshi Noguchi  1 , Kentaro Mataki  1 , Yosuke Shibao …

The reliability of lipidomics, an approach to identify the presence and interactions of lipids, to analyze the bone marrow lipid composition among pediatric populations with bone fragility is unknown. The…

Background: There is a known correlation between the procedures of lumbar spinal fusion (LSF), total hip arthroplasty (THA) and the complication of hip dislocation and revision occurring in patients. However…

Background and purpose - During recent years, spine surgery techniques have advanced, the population has become older, and multiple high-quality randomized controlled trials that support surgical treatment for degenerative spinal…

Background: Degenerative spine disease is a common cause of low back pain in people age 65 years or older. Nonsurgical treatment is tried first, but if it is unsuccessful, surgery…