Objective: To evaluate impact of preoperative mental health on expectations among patients undergoing transforaminal, anterior, or lateral lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF/ALIF/LLIF). Methods: Lumbar fusion procedures were identified. Demographics/perioperative characteristics/duration of…
Objectives: Patients with a history of surgically treated cervical myelopathy and lumbar pathology requiring fusion present complex challenges. There is a paucity of literature describing patient reported outcomes in this…
Posterior epidural intervertebral disc migration and sequestration (PEIMS) is a rare and debilitating complication of degenerative disc disease. Radiological differential diagnosis is often challenging, complicating the accurate planning of appropriate…
Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin . 2022 Feb 12;1-9. doi: 10.1080/10255842.2022.2039130. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar, India.…
Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) combined posterior fixation for single-segment lumbar tuberculosis (TB). Methods: The medical records of spinal TB patients who were…
Introduction/aims: Previous papers on ultrasound (US)-guided delivery of nusinersen in patients with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) described good results with translaminar approach. However, this approach is not possible in patients…
Purpose: The aim of this study was to characterize if the use of surgical drains or length of drain placement following spine surgery increases the risk of post-operative infection. Methods:…
Background: A retrospective study compared the results of a lamina with spinous process (LSP) and an iliac graft (IG) as bone grafts in single-segment lumbar pyogenic spondylodiscitis (LPS) through one-stage-posterior-only…
Introduction: Standalone single and multi-level lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) are increasingly being applied to treat degenerative spinal conditions in a less invasive fashion. Graft subsidence following LLIF is a…
Zhongguo Yi Liao Qi Xie Za Zhi . 2022 Jan 30;46(1):103-107. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1671-7104.2022.01.022. [Article in Chinese] Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, 730050. 2…