Orthopedic specialty hospitals may allow for more streamlined and efficient care, resulting in shorter lengths of stay, lower costs, and fewer complications. Surgical site infection can be a devastating complication…
Background: Instrumented fusion procedures are essential in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spine disease to alleviate pain and improve neurologic function, but are being performed with increasing incidence and variability.…
Background: The clinical efficacy of single-level minimally invasive lumbar decompression and/or microdiscectomy is well established, with improved postoperative functional outcome and pain scores. However, there is a paucity of clinical…
Background: Preoperative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) testing and decolonization has demonstrated success for arthroplasty patients in surgical site infections (SSIs) prevention. Spine surgery, however, has seen varied results. Purpose: The…
. 2021 Jul 17;S1878-8750(21)01039-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.07.044. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.…
Sacroiliac (SI) joint injury is a common cause of low back pain. Posterior pelvic joint pain a common name for SI joint dysfunction. The spine and pelvis are connected by…
Case Reports doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62423. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Medical Genetics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. 2 Center for Medical Genetics, Shinshu University…
Currently, acute postoperative pain during hospitalization is primarily managed by medications, and patients must adhere to restrictive postoperative precautions for 3 months following lumbar spine surgeries. Yoga can be an…
Background context: Lumbar interbody fusion is an effective treatment for unstable spinal segments. However, the time needed to establish a solid bony interbody fusion between the two vertebrae may be…
. 2021 Jul 15;S1878-8750(21)01022-6. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.07.027. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, MMC 96, Room D-429, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN…