Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the technical aspects of the Da Vinci Xi Surgical System in minimally invasive extreme lateral lumbar interbody fusion (XLIF) surgery in a swine model.…
Objective: To observe the clinical and radiological effect of crenel lateral interbody fusion (CLIF) procedure in the management of lumbar spine adjacent segment degenerative (ASD). Methods: Thirty-seven patients with lumbar…
. 2022 Aug 3;3913988221116137. doi: 10.1177/03913988221116137. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India. Item in Clipboard…
Background: With growing emphasis on high-value care, many institutions have been working on improving surgical efficiency, quality, and complication reduction. Unfortunately, data are limited regarding perioperative factors that may influence…
Background: Rapidly Destructive Osteoarthritis (RDOA) has been described for the hip and shoulder joints and is characterized by a quickly developing bone edema followed by extensive remodeling and joint destruction.…
Background: In the sacrococcygeal region, anatomical variation is due to the sacralization of the coccygeal vertebra, which is the due union of/fusion of the fifth sacral with the first coccygeal…
doi: 10.1007/s43390-022-00563-z. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. 2 Alpert Medical School of Brown…
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate reasons and their frequency for why spine surgeons subspecializing in total disc replacement (TDR) performed lumbar fusion rather than TDR. Methods:…
Background: Few studies have analyzed the different biomechanical properties of the lumbar with various morphological parameters, which play an important role in injury and degeneration. This study aims to preliminarily…
BACKGROUND The term "persistent spinal pain syndrome type 2" (PSPS-2) has been proposed by the International Association for the Study of Pain to replace the term "failed back surgery syndrome".…