Purpose: This study compares perioperative and 1-year outcomes of lateral decubitus single position circumferential fusion (L-SPS) versus minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF) for degenerative pathologies. Methods: Multicenter…
Objective: This study aims to report the clinical outcomes associated with the percutaneous intralaminar screw repair performed for pars defects in adults. Methods: Adult patients who got their lumbar L5…
Purpose: Single position surgery has demonstrated to reduce hospital length of stay, operative times, blood loss, postoperative pain, ileus, and complications. ALIF and LLIF surgeries offer advantages of placing large…
Study design: Retrospective Cohort Study. Purpose: This study evaluates the impact of patient frailty status on postoperative complications in those undergoing multi-level lumbar fusion surgery. Methods: The Nationwide Readmission Database…
Objective: To explore the clinical effect of unilateral biportal endoscopic-assisted transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (UBE-TLIF) in the treatment of recurrent lumbar disc herniation (RLDH). Methods: The clinical data of 44…
Objective: Decreased bone mineral density as measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) has been reported to be associated with cage subsidence following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). However, DEXA is…
Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze risk factors and avoidance techniques for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal junctional failure (PJF) in the upper thoracic spine with…
Objective: To observe clinical efficacy of chiropractic manipulation in the treatment of degenerative scoliosis (DS). Methods: From June 2017 to September 2019, 120 patients with degenerative scoliosis were randomly divided…
Objective: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) dystrophic scoliosis is an early-onset, rapidly progressive multiplanar deformity. There are few studies on the surgical management of this patient population. Specifically, perioperative morbidity, instrument-related…
Background: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), including the Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS), are increasingly used to measure healthcare value. The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) is a metric that…