Purpose: Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) is a pivotal mediator of chronic pain and plays a role in bone remodelling. Through its high affinity receptor TrkA, NGF induces substance P (SP)…
Background: Lateral interbody release (LIR) via a transpsoas lateral approach is a surgical strategy to address degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) patients with anterior autofusion of vertebral segments. This study aimed…
doi: 10.1007/s10143-022-01772-w. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. 2 The Spine Center at Joint Implant Surgeons of Florida, Naples,…
Background: Total disc replacement as a treatment for degenerative disc disease is gaining increased popularity. There is limited data in the literature about formation of a pseudotumor as a complication…
Case Reports . 2022 Mar 7;17(5):1540-1548. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.01.041. eCollection 2022 May. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Departments of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. 2 Departments of…
Objective: Many surgical options exist for multi-level lumbar interbody fusion, including anterior (ALIF) and lateral (LLIF) lumbar interbody fusions. While current technique of repositioning patients between supine ALIF and lateral…
Purpose: To compare pain scores (visual analog scale) on postoperative days 1-3 and length of stay after implementing enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in elderly patients undergoing multi-segments lumbar fusion…
Background: Spinal tuberculosis (TB) has the highest incidence in remote plateau areas, particularly in Tibet, China, due to inadequate local healthcare services, which not only facilitates the transmission of TB…
Background: Vascular injury to the lumbar segmental arteries is a devastating complication in minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion. Previous studies on the anatomy of the lumbar segmental arteries are limited.…
Introduction: Bacterial infection is a common etiology for pseudarthrosis after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, although it is often difficult to identify because of a delayed presentation and normal laboratory values.…