The purpose of this study was to calculate and compare the volume of hidden blood loss (HBL) and perioperative blood loss between open posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) and transforaminal…
Background context: Lumbar laminectomy and discectomy surgeries are among the most common procedures performed in the US, and often take place at academic teaching hospitals, involving the care of resident…
Background context: Lumbar fusion has shown to be an effective surgical management option when indicated, improving patient outcomes and functional status. However, concerns of adjacent segment pathology (ASP) due to…
Background context: Spinopelvic parameters indicative of sagittal imbalance include a pelvic tilt (PT) greater than 20° and a mismatch between pelvic incidence (PI) and lumbar lordosis (LL) greater than 10°.…
Background context: Due to financial pressures associated with healthcare reforms, an increasing number of hospitals are now merging (or consolidating) into networks (or systems). However, it remains unclear how these…
. 2020 May 6;S1878-8750(20)30945-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.235. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Section of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Vero Beach, Florida, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, The…
Case Reports . 2020 May 7;S1878-8750(20)30944-X. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.234. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA,…
Case Reports . 2020 Jan 20;2020:2163909. doi: 10.1155/2020/2163909. eCollection 2020. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Shijingshang District, Beijing 100144, China. Free PMC article Item…
Case Reports . 2020 Feb 12;16(1):105-109. doi: 10.13004/kjnt.2020.16.e1. eCollection 2020 Apr. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. Free PMC article Item in…
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Minimally invasive posterior lumbar interbody fusion and percutaneous instrumentation were introduced in the clinical practice with the aim to reduce the damage to musculoligamentous structures associated…