Case Reports doi: 10.1159/000517331. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.…
doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.05.057. Epub 2021 Jun 9. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected]. 2 Department…
Perioperative blood transfusion has been associated with poor outcomes but the impacts of transfusion after fusion for lumbar stenosis have not been well-described. We assessed this effect in a large…
. 2021 Jul 15;13(7):e16408. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16408. eCollection 2021 Jul. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Orthopedic Surgery, Less Exposure Surgery (LES) Clinic, Hollywood, USA. 2 Orthopedic Surgery, Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim…
Background: The anterior pedicle screw (APS) technique for L5 and S1 is crucial for proper anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF). This study aimed to determine the projection, screw trajectory angle,…
Background context: Minimally invasive surgical transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) was developed in addition to open-TLIF to minimize iatrogenic soft-tissue damage. A potential disadvantage of MIS-TLIF is inadequate visualization, which…
. 2021 Jun 7;13(6):e15496. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15496. eCollection 2021 Jun. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Neurosurgery, University of Health Sciences, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Neurology, Neurosurgery…
Background: Compared to other risk factors, adjacent facet joint degeneration (AFD) is the main contributor to adjacent segment disease (ASD). The interbody cage may be a potential indirect risk of…
Objective: The present systematic review and pooled analysis aims to assess the incidence and risk factors for the development of retrograde ejaculation (RE) following first-time open anterior lumbar surgery. Methods:…
Objective: The effect of obesity on outcomes in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) approaches to posterior lumbar surgery is not well characterized. The authors aimed to determine if there was a…