Objective: The aim of this study was to comprehensively evaluate the efficacy of oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) in the treatment of degenerative lumbar…
Purpose: To develop a model for factors predictive of Post-Acute Care Facility (PACF) discharge in adult patients undergoing elective multi-level (≥ 3 segments) lumbar/thoracolumbar spinal instrumented fusions. Methods: The State…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To determine whether: (1) patients from communities of socioeconomic distress have higher readmission rates or postoperative healthcare resource utilization and (2) there are differences…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To compare infection rates before and after the implementation of a quality improvement protocol focused on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening and decolonization in…
Spontaneous spinal infections, such as pyogenic spondylodiscitis(PSD)and spinal epidural abscess(SEA), are relatively rare, but the number of patients is increasing because of the increase in the older population with chronic…
Background: Fixed severe hyperkyphotic deformities spread over more than five vertebral levels represent a therapeutic challenge, especially when the deformity apex is located at the thoraco-lumbar junction, thus requiring a…
Study design: Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective: To determine the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) cut-off for achieving patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) at 1 year following minimally invasive…
Study design: Cross-sectional preoperative and intraoperative imaging study of L4-5 lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis (LDS). Objective: To determine if alternate imaging modalities would identify LDS instability that did not meet criteria…
Objective: To investigate the incidence, distribution characteristics, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of intraoperative endplate injury following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). Methods: Patients who underwent single-level TLIF from January…
Objective: Motility compensation increases the risk of adjacent segment diseases (ASDs). Previous studies have demonstrated that patients with ASD have a poor bone mineral density (BMD), and changes in BMD…