Objective: Single-position prone lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) improves the efficiency of staged minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery. However, laterally approaching the lumbar spine, especially L4-5 with the patient in…
Objective: There are several reported studies on the incidence of adjacent segment disease (ASD) after lumbar fusion surgery; however, the incidence of ASD after decompression surgery has not been well…
Objective: Single-position lateral lumbar interbody fusion (SP-LLIF) has recently gained significant popularity due to increased operative efficiency, but it remains technically challenging. Robot-assisted percutaneous pedicle screw (RA-PPS) placement can facilitate…
Background: The common manual measurement technique of spinal sagittal alignment on X-rays is susceptible to rater-dependent variability, which has not been adequately considered in previous publications. This study investigates the…
doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.21.00713. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Center and Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore, India. Item in Clipboard Karthik Ramachandran et al. JBJS Case Connect. 2022. Show…
Objective: For the majority of patients, the Internet constitutes the first source of health information influencing their medical decision-making. We aimed to assess the quality of the online videos regarding…
Purpose: Lumbar nerve root injury is a serious complication of transpsoas lumbar interbody fusion. Researchers have reported lumbar nerve roots and psoas muscle anatomy in supine position, but no prior…
Case Reports . 2021 Dec 27;14(3):1841-1846. doi: 10.1159/000521158. eCollection Sep-Dec 2021. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford,…
This report describes a novel endoscopic fusion technique performed with unilateral biportal endoscopy (UBE) that is known as extreme transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (eXTLIF) and is performed with a large…
The literature has shown the importance of long-term follow-up for adults with scoliosis treated surgically because complication and revision rates are high. The goal of this study was to determine…