Study design: A retrospective, single center, case-control study was performed. Objective: The present study employed patient-specific biomechanical modeling to find potential biomechanical differences after spinal fusion at L4/5 in patients…
Introduction: Lumbar interbody fusion (LIF) is an effective treatment for lumbar degenerative diseases. Cage subsidence (CS) contitutes one of the most common postoperative complications. Many risk factors for CS after…
Aims: To develop a model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of 4 mg dibotermin alfa/absorbable collagen sponge (ACS) versus iliac crest bone graft (ICBG) in patients with lumbar degenerative disc disease…
Objective: Spinal fusion is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures. The LACE (length of stay, acuity of admission, Charlson Comorbidity Index [CCI] score, and emergency department [ED] visits within…
Purpose: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) with instability is most common lumbar degenerative diseases for people with low back pain. The objective of this study was to compared the clinical effects…
. 2021 Nov 26;10(23):5533. doi: 10.3390/jcm10235533. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan. 2 Department of Orthopedics, Kuang Tien General Hospital, Taichung 433,…
Background: Interspinous devices have been introduced as alternatives to decompression or fusion in surgery for degenerative lumbar diseases. This study aimed to investigate 15-year survivorship and risk factors for reoperation…
Editorial . 2021 Dec 9;rapm-2021-103306. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2021-103306. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA [email protected]. 2 Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care…
Background: What is the risk of bowel perforation (BP) with open or minimally invasive (MI) extreme lateral lumbar interbody fusion (XLIF)? What is the truth? Further, if peritoneal symptoms/signs arise…
Full endoscopic spinal surgery(FESS)is the the least invasive surgery among the current spinal surgeries. FESS approach can be used to perform discectomy, decompression for stenosis, posterolateral fusion, etc. with little…