. 2020 Aug 18;954411920946636. doi: 10.1177/0954411920946636. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey. 2…
Vertebrae, along with intervertebral discs, form the vertebral column, or spine. It extends from the base of the skull to the coccyx and includes the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral…
Michael Fisher et al. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Jan. 2020 Aug 15. Affiliations 1 Western University of Health Sciences 2 Foundation Don Carlo Gnocchi IRCCS Item…
Background: We determined the incidence and risk factors of low back pain (LBP) in patients with lumbar degenerative disease after single-level oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF). Methods: We retrospectively reviewed…
Background: Published outcomes on anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) have focused on 1-2 level fusion with and without vascular surgery assistance. We examined the influence of multi-level fusion on exposure-related…
Introduction: The term "pediculolysis" encompasses rare, chronic pedicular changes characterized by pedicle hypertrophy, sclerosis and pseudoarthrosis, which develop secondary to recurrent micro-fractures following repeated stress injuries. These stress injuries to…
Study design: Retrospective hospital-registry study. Objective: To characterize the microbial epidemiology of surgical site infection (SSI) in spinal fusion surgery and the burden of resistance to standard surgical antibiotic prophylaxis.…
Study design: Retrospective review of a database cohort. Objective: To compare short-term outcome measures and complications between single-level posterolateral fusion (PLF), single-level posterior interbody fusion (PLIF/TLIF), and combined single-level PLF+PLIF/TLIF.…
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.03.111. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Spine Surgery, Nanoori Gangnam Hospital, Seoul, Republic of South Korea. Electronic address: [email protected]. 2 Department of Spine Surgery, Nanoori Gangnam Hospital, Seoul,…
Introduction: Intrathecal morphine (ITM) is a well-known and extensively used method for analgesia in various surgical fields; however, its relevance in spine surgery is debated given the conflicting results in…