Background: The authors report an extremely rare presentation of a patient with an intraforaminal cervical gas cyst with radiculopathy. The patient's condition was refractory to conservative treatment, and he was…
Objective: Nowadays, with the increasing proportion of osteoporosis in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases, doctors are facing the choice of intraoperative internal fixation methods. The purpose of this study was…
Objective: To assess the utility of intraoperative bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) monitoring in posterior lumbar fusion surgery. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 153 patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion with intraoperative BCR monitoring.…
Background: Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is a minimally invasive fusion procedure that may be performed with or without supplemental instrumentation. However, there is a paucity of evidence on the…
Case Reports . 2021 Nov 14;2(2):100034. doi: 10.1016/j.xagr.2021.100034. eCollection 2022 May. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Item in Clipboard Case Reports…
Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy and technical points of Percutaneous Coaxial Large-channel Endoscopic Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PCLE-LIF) in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. Methods: The clinical data…
Recently, the objectives of lumbar interbody fusion (LIF) have been extended to include the correction of broader/relative indications in addition to spinal fixation. Accordingly, LIF must be optimized for sagittal…
Objective: Adjacent segment disease (ASD) is considered any abnormal process that develops in the mobile segment next to spinal fusion, accompanied by related symptoms. To evaluate the efficacy and complications…
Lumbar disc herniation is a common cause of back and radicular leg pain. A bulging annulus and contained herniated disc can compress a nearby exiting root as it enters the…
Introduction: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Deep SSI, or prosthetic joint infection (PJI), is associated with revision surgery involving longer operative times with higher…