Background: Low back pain is a debilitating condition with poor patient outcomes despite the use of a wide variety of diagnostic and treatment modalities. A lack of objective metrics to…
doi: 10.1002/ejp.2004. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 School of Psychology, Aston University, Aston Triangle, B4 7ET, Birmingham, UK. 2 Adelante Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology,…
Objective: There are currently no standard criteria for evaluating the risk of recurrent disk herniation following surgical repair. This study investigated the predictive values of five presurgical imaging parameters, paraspinal…
Background context: The indications for surgical intervention of axial back pain without leg pain for degenerative lumbar disorders have been limited in the literature, as most study designs allow some…
Background: This study aimed to identify factors that can predict the need for rib resection in a minimally invasive, oblique retroperitoneal approach for upper lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF at L1-3)…
Autologous bone graft substitute (ABGS) containing rhBMP6 in autologous blood coagulum (Osteogrow) is a novel therapeutic solution for bone regeneration. This study is aimed to investigate the long-term outcome of…
Background: To date, the influence of Roussouly type on development of adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) after lumber fusion is still not fully explored, and the current study is aimed to…
Study design: A multicenter retrospective analysis. Objective: To investigate reoperation of misplaced pedicle screws (MPSs) after posterior spinal fusion (PSF), focusing on neurological complications. Summary of background data: The management…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: The present study is the first to assess the impact of paraspinal sarcopenia on PROMs following PCDF. Summary of background data: While the impact…
Study design: Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective: To analyze the postoperative factors that led delayed discharge in patients who would have been eligible for ambulatory lumbar fusion (ALF).…