. 2022 Mar 27;14(3):e23529. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23529. eCollection 2022 Mar. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Neurosurgery, Hospital de Braga, Braga, PRT. 2 Medicine, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Braga, PRT.…
Background: Adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) has been considered as a serious complication from changes in the biological stress pattern after spinal fusion. The sagittal balance significantly associated with lumbar loading…
Background: The outcomes of congenital scoliosis (CS) patients undergoing hemivertebra (HV) resection surgery with a 2-level fusion versus a >2-level fusion are unclear. We hypothesized that CS patients undergoing HV…
Purpose of review: Spondylolysis remains one of the most common causes of lower back pain in the pediatric and adolescent populations and is particularly prevalent in young sporting individuals. Despite…
Objective: Interbody fusion procedures, including: transforaminal (TLIF), posterior (PLIF), anterior (ALIF), and lateral (LLIF); effectively treat lumbar degenerative pathology and provide spinopelvic balance. The objective of this study is to…
Aims: Lumbar disc prolapse is a frequent indication for surgery. The few available long-term follow-up studies focus mainly on repeated surgery for recurrent disease. The aim of this study was…
Background: Pre-existing chronic pain has been associated with severe postoperative pain. In this study, we sought to prospectively analyse the association between the duration of chronic low back pain and…
Objective: To explore the application of cortical bone trajectory screw (CBTS) and sacral alar screw (SAS) internal fixation in the treatment of lumbar adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) and evaluate its…
. 2022 Apr 29;21925682221098362. doi: 10.1177/21925682221098362. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2 Department of Orthopedics,…
Background: Increasingly there is an impetus on the part of surgeons to find more minimally invasive approaches to treat spinal pathologies. Retroperitoneal prepsoas and transpsoas approaches to the lumbar spine…