Purpose: To evaluate whether a new PEEK vertebral body replacement can maintain the sagittal alignment as an anterior column reconstruction device in thoracic and lumbar spinal defects due to trauma…
Study design: A retrospective observational study. Purpose: Establish a quantifiable and reproducible measure of sarcopenia in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery based on morphometric measurements from readily available preoperative computed…
. 2020 May 1;2020:8078641. doi: 10.1155/2020/8078641. eCollection 2020. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China. 2 Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chao-Yang…
Study design: This is a retrospective case review. Objective: The objective of this study was to present an anatomic approach to transpsoas interbody fusion without psoas stimulated electromyography (sEMG) and…
Study design: A retrospective cohort study. Objective: The goal of this study was to determine the effect of smoking on patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs) after lumbar fusion surgery. Summary of…
Study design: Follow-up study OBJECTIVE.: To determine whether minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery outcomes are different between those who are lost to follow-up and those who are not. Summary of…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study OBJECTIVE.: The primary objective of our study was to evaluate the surgical outcomes and complications of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) versus open surgery in the…
Background: Clinical outcome of indirect decompression for a revision surgery, at the same level of a previous lumbar decompression (LD), has not been reported. The purpose of this study was…
Objective Most centers performing fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (F-EVAR) use hybrid rooms with fusion technology for mapping. We present our experience of successfully performing F-EVAR using C-arm without fusion technology.…
doi: 10.3340/jkns.2019.0185. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Yonsei…