Objective: To investigate whether the radiographic results are affected by cage position in single-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). Method: Between January 2016 and June 2018, 130 patients (62 males…
Introduction: Pedicle screw fixation has been the gold standard because this technique allows solid arthrodesis and provides a degree of stiffness that immediately diminishes mechanical back pain. Although the translaminar…
Objective: Iliac screw fixation and anterior column support are highly recommended to prevent lumbosacral pseudarthrosis after long-level adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery. Despite modern instrumentation techniques, a considerable number of…
Introduction: Few studies have examined the effect of hip or knee osteoarthritis, together described as lower extremity osteoarthritis (LEOA) on patient outcomes after lumbar fusion. The purpose of this study…
Automatic spine and vertebra segmentation from X-ray spine images is a critical and challenging problem in many computer-aid spinal image analysis and disease diagnosis applications. In this paper, a two-stage…
Objective: To investigate the safety of nano-hydroxyapatite/polyamide 66 (n-HA/PA66) bioactive support in bone grafting and fusion for elderly patients with lumbar tuberculosis, and to analyze its effectiveness and advantages by…
Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of transvertebral space and under the pedicle osteotomy for thoracolumbar kyphosis caused by old osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF). Methods: The clinical data of 11…
Introduction: Randomized controlled trials are considered the highest level of evidence, but their feasibility in the surgical field is severely hampered by methodological and practical issues. Concurrent comparison between the…
Introduction: Osteoporosis affects nearly 200 million individuals worldwide. There are little available data regarding outcomes in patients with osteoporosis who undergo short-segment lumbar fusion for degenerative disk disease (DDD). We…
doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106848. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Naha City Hospital, Okinawa, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected]. 2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Naha City Hospital,…