doi: 10.1007/s00586-022-07126-w. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Klinikum Esslingen, Hirschlandstrasse 97, 73730, Esslingen, Germany. [email protected]. 2 Laboratory for Applied and Clinical…
doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2022.102243. Epub 2022 Jan 8. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China. 2 Beijing Institute…
Background: Posterior pedicle screw fixation without fusion has been commonly applied for thoracolumbar burst fracture. Implant removal is performed secondarily after bone union. However, the occurrence of secondary kyphosis has…
Purpose: To determine trends and hot subjects in the field of oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) research during the last decade using bibliometric analysis and visualization tools, in order to…
doi: 10.1007/s10143-022-01747-x. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Spine Center, Matsudo City General Hospital, 993-1, Sendabori, Matsudo, Chiba, 270-2296, Japan. [email protected]. 2 Spine Center, Matsudo Orthopaedic Hospital, 1-161,…
Objectives: Mini-invasive approaches have grown substantially these last decades in spinal surgery, notably for lumbar decompressions and fusion, with advantages over open approaches in terms of morbidity reduction. However, to…
Study design: Retrospective study. Objective: To evaluate the absolute value of L4 trabecular region-of-interest (t-ROI) computed tomography (CT) attenuation, which can predict pedicle screw loosening, and determine the changes in…
Case Reports . 2021 Dec 20;13(12):e20550. doi: 10.7759/cureus.20550. eCollection 2021 Dec. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Orthopaedic Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, SGP. 2 Orthopaedic Surgery, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital,…
Background: Hip precautions are traditionally employed after posterior total hip arthroplasty (THA). The primary purpose was to investigate the necessity of hip precautions after posterior approach THA. We hypothesized that…
Background context: Pedicle fractures are a rare but potentially devastating complication of posterior instrumented spinal fusion (PSF). Preoperative awareness of the possible risk factors may help prevent these fractures by…