Background: Patients often use the internet for information on their spinal surgeries. The goal of this study was to assess and compare the quality of lumbar fusion and arthroplasty videos…
Study design: A meta-analysis of 89 randomized prospective, prospective, and retrospective studies on spinal endoscopic surgery outcomes. Objective: The study aimed to provide familiar Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), visual analog…
Background: Surgical palliative treatment of spinal metastases (SM) could influence the quality of life (QoL) in cancer patients, since the spine represents the most common site of secondary bony localization.…
Background: Autogenous bone grafts, such as iliac bone or rib struts, have been used in the anterior reconstruction of spinal tuberculosis (STB) and have their own benefits and limitations. Here,…
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility and clinical efficacy of the percutaneous bilateral endoscopy technique (microendoscopic trans-Kambin's triangle lumbar interbody fusion + percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal…
Background: In general, the diagnosis of pedicle screw (PS) loosening is evaluated qualitatively based on the presence of a radiolucent area around the implant wider than 1 mm on plain…
Background: While there are several reports on the impact of smoking tobacco on spinal fusion outcomes, there is minimal literature on the influence of modern smoking cessation therapies on such…
Background: In this study, we analyze our institutional experience and personal impressions using minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) to describe our learning curve and how experience influenced different parameters of…
Objective: To compare one-stage freehand minimally invasive pedicle screw fixation (freehand MIPS) combined with mini-access surgery through OLIF approach with posterior approach for treatment of lumbar tuberculosis (TB), and evaluate…
Background: Spondylodiscitis secondary to Mycobacterium chelonae (M. chelonae) is a rare primary infection of the spine, with a few case reports highlighted. Treatment of this infection is not well established…