Purpose: The use of vertebral body tethering (VBT) for the treatment of main thoracic deformities in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients is becoming increasingly more common, but limited data exist on…
Background context: The anterior approach at L5-S1 has many advantages, however, vascular complications are challenging for spinal surgeons who may not be familiar with the variability of vascular anatomy. There…
Background: Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and posterolateral fusion (PLF) without an interbody device are two common approaches for single-level, open posterior fusion. Presently, it is unknown whether one of…
Background: Postoperative bone graft migration (PBGM) is a fairly rare spinal postoperative complication. Its occurrence after endoscopic surgery has rarely been reported in the literature so far. This is a…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Our objective was to determine whether lateral pedicle screw breach affects fusion rates and patient-reported outcomes in lumbar fusion surgery. Summary of background data:…
Introduction: The clinical efficacy and safety of supercritical CO2-processed bone allografts prepared from living donors has yet to be confirmed in spinal surgery. Here we report our clinical and surgical…
Background: Intrathecal injection of medications can be challenging in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients with severe scoliosis or after spine surgery. Here we report our experience with real-time ultrasound (US)-guided…
Background: Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) has been used to treat lumbar intervertebral instability, which has some advantages including less trauma, less blood loss, faster recovery and bigger cage. However,…
Introduction: Chronic neck or back pain is a common clinical problem. The most likely cause is degenerative change, whilst other causes are relatively rare. There is growing evidence on using…
Objective: The study purpose was to compare unilateral biportal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (ULIF) with minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) for the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases in…