Objective: In the present study, we aimed to investigate the morphological changes in the intervertebral foramen after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF), and analyze the necessity of routinely…
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Objective: Recurrent lumbar disc herniation (rLDH) is a common issue after primary discectomy and can cause severe pain, morbidity, and reoperation. The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate…
Study design: Retrospective study. Objective: To elucidate factors that determine segmental lordosis after lateral retroperitoneal lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) with percutaneous pedicle screw fixation. Summary of background data: LLIF has…
Study design: Prospective cohort study. Objective: To quantify the effect of lumbar decompression and fusion surgery on balance and stability in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) and compare them…
Surgical outcomes of spinal fusion for osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral fractures in patients with Parkinson's disease: what is the impact of Parkinson's disease on surgical outcome? Watanabe K, Katsumi K, Ohashi…
Introduction: Cellular bone matrices (CBM) are allograft products that provide three components essential to new bone formation: an osteoconductive scaffold, extracellular growth factors for cell proliferation and differentiation, and viable…
Introduction: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common degenerative disease that every spine surgeon will come across in daily practice. Despite this, the natural history and treatment have not been…
Lumbar spine stenosis represents a complex degenerative pathology that has been a subject of significant dispute when it comes to fusion. A review of the literature from 2008 to 2019…
Background: Although decompression is the basis of surgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), under various circumstances instrumented fusion is performed as well. The rationale for mobility-preserving operations for LSS…