Background: The literature reports that index level (IL) revision spine surgery (RSS) and adjacent level (AL) RSS are diminished in lumbar TDR compared with fusion procedures. There is a paucity…
Background: The superiorities in proximal facet joint protection of robot-assisted (RA) pedicle screw placement and screw implantation via the cortical bone trajectory (CBT) have rarely been compared. Moreover, findings on…
Introduction: With the increase in life expectancy and consequent aging of the population, degenerative lumbar spine diseases tend to increase its number exponentially. Several treatment options are available to treat…
Background: Adjacent level degeneration (ALD) is a precursor to construct failure in adult spinal deformity surgery, but whether construct design affects ALD risk remains unclear. Here we present a biomechanical…
Background: The spine surgeon's understanding of an individual patient's burden of disease and functional disability in daily life is shaped by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Although PROMs are useful in…
Objectives: To compare the short-term outcomes of unilateral biportal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (BLIF) and uniportal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (ULIF). Methods: Sixty patients diagnosed with L4/5 spinal stenosis who…
Background: Current revision surgery to remove the infected interbody cage following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery is challenging and traumatic. The purpose of this study is to introduce a…
Background and purpose: Anterior lumbar approaches are recommended for clinical conditions that require interbody stability, spinal deformity corrections or a large fusion area. Anterior lumbar interbody fusion in lateral decubitus…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To evaluate differences in readmission rates, number of debridements, and length of antibiotic therapy when comparing bacterial gram type following lumbar spinal fusion infections.…
Study design: A retrospective cohort study. Objective: To determine radiographic parameters, including the lowest instrumented vertebral (LIV) tilt, related to the postoperative magnitude and progression of residual lumbar curves (LCs)…