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…
Background: The optimal treatment of osteoporosis after reconstruction surgery for osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF) remains unclear. In this multicentre retrospective study, we investigated the effects of typically used agents for…
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…
doi: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2020.100077. eCollection 2020 Jul. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Liaquat National Hospital & Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Airlangga University, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital,…
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…
The skeletal system is affected in up to 60% of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. The most commonly observed entities are spinal deformities and tibial dysplasia. Early recognition of radiologic…
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…
Background: A potential long-term complication of lumbar fusion is the development of adjacent segment disease (ASD), which may require surgical intervention and adversely affect outcomes. A high incidence of recurrent…
Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi . 2020 Jun 25;37(3):527-532. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.201909044. [Article in Chinese] Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084,…