Objective: Time to return to work (RTW) after elective lumbar spine surgery is variable and dependent on many factors including patient, work-related, and surgical factors. The primary objective of this…
Background: Postoperative intracranial complications are rare in spine surgery not including cranial procedures. We describe an uncommon case of pseudohypoxic brain swelling (PHBS) and secondary hydrocephalus after transforaminal lumbar interbody…
Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) is a long-lasting and chronic symptom without any exact cause. This study attempts to propose a new staging system based on the original grading system…
Background: Percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (PE-TLIF) has been increasingly used to treat degenerative lumbar disease in recent years. However, there are still controversies about whether PE-TLIF is superior…
Objective: To investigate whether or not the fusion rate after posterior lumbar interbody fusion with cortical bone trajectory screw fixation (CBT-PLIF) is lower than after PLIF using traditional trajectory screw…
Study design: Retrospective study BACKGROUND: Indirect decompression with ALIF allows the restoration of the disk and foraminal height with limited soft tissue damage. However, it does not offer a direct…
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the associated factors of patients with LSS who undergo reoperation after a PLSF in a Hispanic-American population. Methods: A retrospective single-center…
Objective: To investigate whether the upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) can be selected at one level caudal to upper end vertebra (UEV) in Lenke type 5C adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients.…
Study design: Level III retrospective study. Purpose: We investigated the impact of short-segment lumbar fusion on the restoration of global sagittal alignment and the correlations between spino-pelvic parameters and clinical…
Background: Anterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT) offers a dynamic fusion less correction option for children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Few existing clinical studies evaluating novel AVBT in skeletally immature…