Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To examine the relationship between preoperative Modic change (MC) and postoperative clinical assessment scores for patients receiving lumbar discectomy or transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion…
Study design: A randomized controlled trial. Objective: To compare the radiation exposure with the scrub nurse, assistant surgeon, and anesthetist during minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion using conventional 2-dimensional…
Study design: Retrospective analysis using the PearlDiver national insurance claims database. Objective: To investigate the relationship between chronic preoperative selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) prescriptions and nonunion following spine fusion…
Study design: Rat posterolateral lumbar fusion model. Objective: To compare the efficacy of freshly isolated adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction (A-SVF) and bone marrow cells (BMC) cells in achieving spinal…
Study design: Single-center prospective randomized controlled trial. Objective: To assess the computer-aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM) brace design approach, with and without added finite element modeling (FEM) simulations, after two years in…
Study design: A prospective multi-center investigational device exempt trial is underway evaluating a novel conformable mesh interbody fusion device in subjects undergoing single-level fusion for degenerative disc disease. Patients meeting…
Study design: Retrospective study. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is an association between revision surgery rates for adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) and Roussouly type…
The study investigated whether the use of carbon fiber-reinforced PEEK screw material (CF-PEEK) can reduce magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) artifact formation. Two consecutive groups of patients were treated for degenerative…
Study design: Retrospective cohort. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the O-arm as an intraoperative imaging tool by comparing accuracy of pedicle screw placement…
Study design: Retrospective case series. Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes following revision surgery following Harrington rod instrumentation. Methods: Patients who underwent…