Case Reports . 2021 Nov;15(3):147-151. doi: 10.5704/MOJ.2111.025. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jeju National University College of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Jeju, South Korea. 2…
Objectives: The most important goal of surgical treatment for spinal degeneration, in addition to eliminating the underlying pathology, is to preserve the biomechanically relevant structures. If degeneration destroys biomechanics, the…
Introduction: Osteoplastic hemilaminectomy for the treatment of lumbar foraminal nerve root compression is a safe technique as the exiting nerve root can be directly observed during neuroforaminal decompression without spinal…
Introduction: A percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (PETLIF) procedure has been previously developed. During postoperative follow-up, in some patients, bone fusion occurred between opened facet joints, despite not having…
Introduction: Preoperative factors that predict postoperative restoration of lumbar lordosis (LL) are not well understood. To investigate whether preoperative postural correction of LL, sagittal malalignment, or lumbar flexibility are associated…
Objective: The most common complication of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is cage subsidence and maintenance of disc height affects postoperative clinical outcomes. We considered cage subsidence as an…
Background context: Lumbar canal stenosis due to degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis is one of the most common indications for lumbar spinal surgery. However, from a long-term perspective, it is still unclear…
Background:: Aim of this study was to systematically review the prevailing treatment methods for lumbar spondylolysis. Methods:: Manuscripts published between 1951 and 2020 were searched by using PubMed, Medline, Scopus,…
In the past 10 years, the technology of percutaneous spine endoscopy has been continuously developed. The indications have expanded from simple lumbar disc herniation to various degenerative diseases of the…
Objective: To determine preoperative 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) Mental Component Summary (MCS) influence on minimally important clinical difference (MCID) and patient-reported outcome measures in patients with isthmic spondylolisthesis…