Objective: The aim of this study was to compare perioperative complications and postoperative outcomes between patients with lumbar recurrent stenosis without lumbar instability and radiculopathy who underwent decompression surgery and…
BACKGROUND Oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) is a new and minimally invasive surgery. This study aimed to compare the clinical efficacy and safety of oblique lateral interbody fusion with anterolateral…
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Background: Previous studies have examined the impact of preoperative duration of symptoms (DOS) on lumbar spinal surgery outcomes although this has not been explored for anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF).…
Introduction: This is the first study to compare the prone transpsoas (PTP) approach for lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) through an analysis of radiographic…
doi: 10.1007/s43390-021-00449-6. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University Orthopaedics, 4921 Parkview Place, Suite 6B, Campus Box 8605,…
Objective: The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical classification has been used to risk stratify surgical candidates. Our study compares outcomes of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF)…
Objective: Intraoperative computed tomography and navigation (iCT-Nav) is increasingly used to aid spinal instrumentation. We aimed to document the accuracy and revision rate of pedicle screw placement across many screws…
Background: Percutaneous anterior laser and anterior endoscopic cervical spine surgery are associated with less approach trauma than conventional open cervical spine surgery. The literature illustrating their appropriate use corroborated with…