Background: Unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) decompression is a minimally invasive (MI) approach to treat degenerative lumbar canal stenosis (DLCS). Decompression can be performed in a clear and magnified surgical field…
Case Reports doi: 10.21037/jss.2019.10.11. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Iwai FESS Clinic, Tokyo, Japan. 2 Department of Orthopaedics, Iwai Orthopaedic Medical Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. 3 Department of Orthopaedics and Spin, Al-Salaam…
Background: Full-endoscopic spine surgery (FESS) is a suitable treatment for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and foraminal stenosis. This study investigated the usefulness of FESS in treating adjacent segment disease (ASD)…
Background: The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness and prognostic factors of revisional full endoscopic interlaminar discectomy (FEID) for recurrent herniation after conventional open disc surgery. The…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study at a single institution. Objective: To examine the effect of symptom duration on clinical outcomes after posterolateral lumbar fusion. Summary of background data: Nonoperative measures…
Study design: This is a retrospective cohort study. Objective: The objective of this study was to further elucidate the relationship between pelvic incidence-lumbar lordosis (PI-LL) mismatch and surgical outcomes in…
Background context: The number of complex fusions performed on Medicare beneficiaries, defined as ≥ age 65, with lumbar spinal stenosis with or without spondylolisthesis has been increasing. Typically, these procedures…
Background: Spines with ankylosis or with a history of lumbosacral fusions have been collectively classified as rigid and unbalanced, and associated with an increased rate of dislocation after total hip…
Purpose: Aim of this study was to compare the reconstruction of radiological sagittal spinopelvic parameters between lordotic (10°) and normal cages (0°) after dorsal lumbar spondylodesis. Methods: This retrospective monocentric…
Background: /Objective: With a growing aging population in the United States, the number of operative lumbar spine pathologies continues to grow. Therefore, our objective was to estimate the future demand…