Lumbosacral nerve bowstring disease (LNBD) is a syndrome of neurological symptoms caused by differences in the development speed of lumbosacral bone tissue and nerve tissue, which result in a longitudinal…
Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin . 2023 Feb 27;1-11. doi: 10.1080/10255842.2023.2183348. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy…
Background: Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and posterolateral fusion (PLF) alone are two operations performed to treat degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. To date, it is unclear which operation leads to better…
Objective: To determine the efficacy of adding instrumented spinal fusion to decompression to treat degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS). Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis. Data sources: MEDLINE, Embase, Emcare, Cochrane Library, CINAHL,…
doi: 10.1002/gcc.23134. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Anatomic Pathology Department, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy. 2 Oncology Department, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy. 3 Anatomic Pathology Department IFO-IRCCS, Rome, Italy. 4…
Study design: Cross-sectional radioanatomic study. Objective: To determine the feasibility of performing an anterior column realignment (ACR) using an anterior-to-psoas (ATP) approach at L1-L5. Methods: Axial magnetic resonance images (MRI)…
Background: Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) is one of the most widely used biologics in spine surgery. Its osteoinductive properties have been shown since its inception to improve fusion rates.…
Objective: This study aimed to investigate whether preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used for sagittal kyphotic (SK) flexibility assessment in patients with kyphosis secondary to symptomatic old osteoporotic…
BACKGROUND The efficacy of lumbar fusion surgery in patients age 80 years and older with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is still controversial. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the surgical…
Background: A variety of surgical approaches (anterior vs. posterior vs. anterior and posterior) are available for Isthmic Spondylolisthesis (IS). The aim of our study was to analyze the pattern and…