. 2022 Mar 24;14(3):e23467. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23467. eCollection 2022 Mar. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Orthopaedics, Spine Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA. 2 Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School…
Study design: Randomized controlled trial with minimum of 5-years follow-up. Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the peri- and postoperative complications rates, ectopic bone migration, and reoperation…
doi: 10.1115/1.4054457. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Advanced Technology and Development Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721 302, West Bengal, India. 2 Department of Mechanical…
Percutaneous endoscopic spine decompression(PSED) in recent years in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis(DLSS) achieved excellent results.Compared with traditional open surgery, which is characterized by large trauma, much bleeding,…
Study design: Retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected data. Objective: Lumbar flexibility(LF) is generally defined with preoperative side bending films;it is not clear what percentage of LF predicts the spontaneous…
Introduction: For the aging population, surgery for lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSCS) requires minimally invasive procedures. Recently, trans-sacral epiduroscopic laser decompression for lumbar disc herniation has been reported with good…
Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) combined with anterolateral single-rod screw fixation (AF) in treating two-segment lumbar degenerative disc disease (LDDD) and to determine whether…
Background and Objectives: Measured blood loss frequently underestimates true blood loss; this discrepancy is called hidden blood loss (HBL). The purpose of the present study was to measure HBL in…
Background: Patients who do not respond to conservative treatment of the isthmus are often treated with surgery. We used direct repair plus intersegment pedicle screw fixation for the treatment of…
Review . 2022 May;40(2):261-268. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.11.005. Epub 2022 Mar 31. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA.…