Case Reports doi: 10.3390/medicina58070927. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedics, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Tzu Chi University, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970, Taiwan. 2 Sports Medical Center,…
Study design: This was a retrospective cohort analysis. Objective: The objective of this study was to report the efficacy and safety profile of provocative discography. Summary of background data: It…
Case Reports Indian J Pathol Microbiol . 2022 Jul-Sep;65(3):695-698. doi: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_621_21. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Pathology, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, India. 2 Department of Gynaecology, The…
Objective: Persistent coronal imbalance (PCI) can develop postoperatively. In this study, the authors aimed to clarify the risk factors and clinical impact of PCI after posterior spinal fusion (PSF) in…
Objective: The analysis of sagittal alignment by measuring spinopelvic parameters has been widely adopted among spine surgeons globally, and sagittal imbalance is a well-documented cause of poor quality of life.…
Objective: Adjacent-segment disease (ASD) proximal to lumbosacral fusion is assumed to result from increased stress and motion that extends above or below the fusion construct. Sublaminar bands (SBs) have been…
Objective: Preoperative prediction of a patient's postoperative healthcare utilization is challenging, and limited guidance currently exists. The objective of the present study was to assess the capability of individual risk-related…
Objective: Measuring costs across entire episodes of care, time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) has recently been described as a novel cost accounting arm of value-based care organizations. Lean methodology is a…
Background: In this study, we investigate the effect of simultaneous fusion of preexisting adjacent spinal canal stenosis on the outcome of patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis. Methods: Patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis…
Purpose: To explore risk profiles of patients scheduled for lumbar spinal fusion (LSF) and their association with short-term recovery of patient after surgery. Methods: Forty-nine patients scheduled for elective 1-3…