Background context: The effect of psoas and paraspinal muscle parameters on cage subsidence after minimally invasive techniques, such as standalone lateral lumbar interbody fusion (SA-LLIF), is unknown. Purpose: This study…
Background context: Interbody fusion, including: transforaminal (TLIF), posterior (PLIF), anterior (ALIF), and lateral (LLIF); effectively treat lumbar degenerative pathology and provide spinopelvic balance. Although the decision on surgical approach and…
Study design: This was a retrospective cohort study. Objective: Develop an evidence-based preoperative risk assessment scoring system for patients undergoing anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF). Summary of background data: ALIF…
Background: Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is a minimally invasive surgical option for treating symptomatic degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) in select patients. However, the efficacy of LLIF for indirectly…
Review . 2022 Mar 19;2022:4979231. doi: 10.1155/2022/4979231. eCollection 2022. Bryan Zheng 1 , Elias Shaaya 1 , Josh Feler 1 , Owen P Leary 1 , Matthew J Hagan 1 , Ankush Bajaj 1 , Jared…
Objective: The effect of malnutrition on outcomes following posterior lumbar fusion (PLF) remains understudied. This study analyzes the effect of malnutrition across a comprehensive range of BMI on complications following…
Purpose: A retrospective cohort study was performed to evaluate pseudoarthrosis treatment results by injection of cement in disc space of failed fusion in posterior lumbar interbody fusion in patients above…
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has already had a significant impact on surgical treatment (spine). Because they are less invasive, minimally invasive treatments are often preferred over open spine surgery. MIS…
Background context: The importance of bone status assessment in spine surgery is well recognized. The current gold standard for assessing bone mineral density is dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). However, DEXA…
Background: The U.S. healthcare sector produces ∼10% of national greenhouse gas emissions, paradoxically harming human health. Neurosurgery is a resource-intensive specialty that likely contributes significantly, yet literature assessing this impact…