doi: 10.1093/pm/pnac118. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT. 2 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,…
Introduction: The United States opioid epidemic is a well-documented crisis stemming from increased prescriptions of narcotics. Online prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are a potential resource to mitigate narcotic misuse…
Objective: To compare perioperative characteristics, and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in workers' compensation (WC) patients undergoing Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MIS-TLIF) in either the inpatient/outpatient setting. Methods: Patients…
Objective: To establish a predictive scoring system for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) after posterior internal fixation in elderly patients with chronic osteoporotic vertebral fracture (COVF). Materials and methods: The medical…
Objective: The aim of this retrospective study was to identify the amount of TBL and HBL and analyse the risk factors using multivariate linear regression analysis during single-level OTLIF surgery.…
Study design: A retrospective cohort study with chart review. Objective: To determine if there is a difference in risk of adverse outcomes following elective posterior instrumented lumbar spinal fusions for…
Background context: The concept of sagittal spinal malalignment is well established in spinal surgery. However, the effect of musculature on its development has not been fully considered and the position…
Background: Computer assisted neuronavigation (CAN) during spine fusions has increasingly been utilized in the United States. The aim of this study was to analyze the trends, health care utilization and…
Study design: This was a retrospective comparative study. Objective: To compare the likelihood of approach-related complications for patients undergoing single-level lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) at L4-L5 to those undergoing…
Study design: Prospective cross-sectional cohort study. Objectives: The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between demographical, surgery-related and morphologic parameters, and the development or progress of…