Background: This study was aimed at investigating the causes of lower extremity weaknesses after posterior lumbar spine fusion surgery and looking at subsequent treatment strategies. Methods: Patients who underwent posterior…
Study design: Retrospective case series. Objective: To compare the utility and cost-effectiveness of multilevel lateral interbody fusion (LIF) combined with posterior spinal fusion (PSF) (L group) and conventional PSF (with…
Study design: Retrospective Study. Objective: This investigation examined matched cohorts of LSF patients undergoing robot-assisted and conventional LSF to compare risk of revision, 30-day readmission, 30-day complications, and post-operative opioid…
Study design: Retrospective case-control study. Objective: To investigate the effects of postoperative sagittal alignment on radiographic adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) after lumbar fusion surgery. Summary of background data: ASD is…
The purpose of this study was to assess the surgical outcomes of posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR) with short-segment fusion for pediatric patients with congenital kyphoscoliosis (CKS). The medical records…
Finite-element models are used to investigate the biomechanics of normal, diseased and surgically fused spines. Generally, nominal spine geometries are used to understand the biomechanics, which has created a need…
The present study is a retrospective cohort study. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of clinical findings that has been shown to increase the risk of the surgical outcomes. Our…
Objective: The goal of this study was to review relevant studies in order to determine the efficacy of decompression with fusion versus decompression in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.…
Background: Patients with spinal fusion often have opioid tolerance and chronic pain, which makes it difficult to control postoperative pain. In this double-blind, randomized, prospective study, we assessed the safety…
. 2020 Sep 17;56(9):E478. doi: 10.3390/medicina56090478. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Urasoe General Hospital, 4-16-1 Iso, Urasoe-City 901-2132, Okinawa, Japan. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Iwai FESS Clinic, 8-18-4…