Case Reports doi: 10.18926/AMO/63216. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Omi Orthopaedic Clinic. 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital. Item in Clipboard Case Reports Hirotsugu Omi et al. Acta Med…
Study design: This was a prospective randomized controlled trial study. Objective: To elucidate clinical and radiographic outcomes and complications of cortical bone trajectory (CBT)-screw fixation in patients with osteoporosis at…
Study design: Retrospective Cohort Study. Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of intraoperatively measured computed tomography (CT) Hounsfield unit (HU) values by comparison with preoperative CT HU values and to compare…
Objective: To determine the influence of preoperative workers' compensation status on patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) following lumbar decompression with or without fusion. Methods: All patients undergoing lumbar decompression with or…
Background context: Prior studies investigating the association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and patient outcomes following spine surgery have had inconsistent conclusions, likely owing to insufficient power, confounding variables, and…
Background: Spinal anesthesia is a safe and effective alternative to general anesthesia in both simple and complex lumbar surgery with numerous reported advantages leading to increased recent utilization. One potential…
Objective: Obesity is an important issue in spine surgeries due to its negative effects on the quality of surgery, more complications, and adverse consequences. This study compared the outcomes of…
doi: 10.3390/medicina58020277. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. 2 Clinic for Trauma, Orthopedics and Plastic…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Investigate the patterns of fused lumbar alignment in patients requiring revision surgery for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK). Methods: Fifty patients (67.8 yo, 76% female)…
Study design: Retrospective Cohort OBJECTIVE: Determine if a penicillin allergy is an independent risk factor for poor outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and posterior lumbar fusion (PLF).…