STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of postsurgical foot complaints (PFCs) following spinal surgery by using a modified pain drawing (PD) instrument.SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Although…
OBJECTIVE: The Medicaid patient population and health care costs for spine surgeries among these patients have increased since 2010. Hospital length of stay (LOS) contributes appreciably to hospital costs for…
Adjacent segment disease (ASD) is one of the potential risks after lumbar spine surgery with instrumentation. Revision surgery needs to be performed on patients suffered from ASD. The traditional open…
OBJECTIVE: Surgery is indicated when antibiotic treatment fails in pyogenic spondylodiscitis, which is caused by pathogens such as the Staphylococcus species. The aim of the present study was to investigate…
To compare imaging indicators and clinical effects of extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) using allogenic bone, autologous bone marrow + allogenic bone, and rhBMP-2 + allogenic bone as bone graft materials in the treatment…
To identify independent factors associated with prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS) in elderly patients undergoing first-time elective open posterior lumbar fusion surgery.We retrospectively analyzed the data of 303 elderly…
BACKGROUND: Wound-related complications are an inevitable issue faced by spinal surgeons. Negative pressure drainage remains the most commonly used method to prevent postoperative hematoma and related complications. This prospective, randomized,…
Study Design: This was a prospective case series of 30 patients with post-discectomy syndrome with an average of 18 months of follow-up (level IV).Purpose: The efficacy of post-discectomy syndrome managed…
Minimal access surgery has revolutionized most surgical disciplines and spine surgery is no exception. Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF) was devised to reduce the approach-related morbidity of open…
PURPOSE: To validate the reliability of Berjano and Lamartina classification system of surgical planning in cases of de novo degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DNDLS) combined with degenerative segment disease and identify…
