Objective: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) is an effective surgical modality for many lumbar degenerative pathologies, but a rare and infrequently reported complication is postoperative lymphocele. The goals of the…

Objective: Few studies have compared fractional curve correction after long fusion between transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) for adult symptomatic thoracolumbar/lumbar scoliosis (ASLS). The…

Objective: Although the health impact of adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis (ASLS) is substantial, these patients often have other orthopedic problems that have not been previously quantified. The objective of this…

Objective: The most advocated surgical technique to treat symptoms of isthmic spondylolisthesis is decompression with instrumented fusion. A less-invasive classical approach has also been reported, which consists of decompression only.…

Degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine typically develops in the aging population equally in terms of patient sex. Patients most commonly present with pain. Pain, or in combination with…

. 2021 Aug 16;2021(8):rjab351. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab351. eCollection 2021 Aug. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Vascular Surgery, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ypsilanti, MI, USA. Item in Clipboard Mark H Falahee et…

Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) . 2021 Aug 19;opab283. doi: 10.1093/ons/opab283. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San…

Purpose: To assess the rate, timing of diagnosis, and repairing strategies of vascular injuries in thoracic and lumbar spine surgery as their relationship to the approach. Methods: PubMed, Medline, and…

Objective: To evaluate the effect of the total psoas area index [TPAI = total psoas muscle area (cm2)/height2 (m2)] on neurological complications and clinical outcomes following lateral lumbar interbody fusion…