This is a report of a 58-year-old female with Cushing syndrome who underwent posterior lumbar fusion and lost both her vision completely. She was diagnosed with posterior ischemic optic neuropathy.…
BACKGROUND: Although some studies had been published, it was more controversial on the superiority of decompression alone (D) and decompression with fusion (F) for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis…
STUDY DESIGN: A level-3 retrospective cohort analysis.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe obesity's effect on complications and outcomes in degenerative spondylolisthesis patients treated by minimally invasive transforaminal…
The treatments described for spinal synovial cysts range from percutaneous puncture to arthrodesis. There is a fear of postoperative instability after surgical resection of cysts mainly when they are associated…
The sacral canal is the continuation of the vertebral canal in the sacrum. The sacral canal contains spinal meninges, lumbar and sacral part of spinal nerves and filum terminale. So…
Spinal subdural hematoma (SDH) is rarely reported, and their simultaneous occurrence with intracranial SDH is even more rare. A 67-year-old male patient with a history of posterolateral fusion to treat…
Chronic lower lumbar pain has been associated with elevated bone metabolic activity in the spine. Diagnosis of bone metabolic activity is currently through integrating Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with Sodium…
Lumbar fusion surgery has grown in popularity as a solution to lower back pain. Surgical site infection (SSI) is a serious complication of spinal surgery, affecting as high as 8.5%…
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Many studies have demonstrated that discogenic low back pain is the most common type of chronic low back pain (CLBP), one of the major causes of disability,…
STUDY DESIGN: A prospective observational study with a historical reference group.OBJECTIVES: The main objectives of this study were to determine the impact of preventative multimodal analgesia (PMA) on postoperative opioid…
