Introduction The prescription opioid epidemic and widespread use of narcotic medications have introduced new challenges when treating patients undergoing spine surgery. Given the ubiquity of preoperative opioid consumption amongst patients…
Purpose: To investigate the influence on the adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) of short-segment lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) at 2 years postoperatively. Methods: Ninety-seven consecutive patients who underwent one- or…
doi: 10.1111/joa.13662. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Aston University, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. 2 The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham,…
. 2022 Mar 22;145:105438. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105438. Online ahead of print. Jakub Laznovsky 1 , Adam Brinek 1 , Tomas Zikmund 2 , Marketa Boudova 1 , Lucy Vojtova 1 , Jana Dorazilova 1 , Martin Trunec …
Background: No study to our knowledge has explored physical therapy utilization following lumbar spine surgery in a workers' compensation setting. Objectives: Describe physical therapy utilization and costs, and return-to-work status…
Objective: Treatment of degenerative lumbar spine pathologies typically escalates to surgical intervention when symptoms begin to significantly impair patients' functional status. Currently, surgeons rely on subjective patient assessments through patient-reported…
Frequency: Monthly Weekly Daily Which day? The first Sunday The first Monday The first Tuesday The first Wednesday The first Thursday The first Friday The first Saturday The first day…
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.11.099. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA. Electronic address: [email protected]. 2 Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.…
Study design: A retrospective observational study. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Global Alignment and Proportion (GAP) score and mechanical failure (MF) following corrective fusion surgery…
Oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) is a minimally invasive decompression technique used in the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases (LDDs). It is usually combined with posterior pedicle screw fixation to…