Background: Currently, hidden blood loss (HBL) has been paid more and more attention by spine surgeons. Simultaneously, it has been the effort of spine surgeons to explore more advantages of…
Objective: To analyze the association between different postoperative hemoglobin (Hb) levels and postoperative outcomes in patients who have undergone primary lumbar interbody fusion, and to investigate the risk factors and…
Posterolateral spinal fusion is the standard surgical approach for patients with degenerative disc disease. In our previously published article, we reported a 5-years follow-up of a phase I/II clinical trial…
Editorial doi: 10.21037/jss-23-5. Epub 2023 Feb 14. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, USA. Item in Clipboard Editorial Hossein Elgafy et al.…
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has altered the standard of care for spine surgery in many ways. However, there is a lack of literature evaluating the potential changes…
Background: Pain and disability due to age-related spinal disorders are increasing due to a more active population placing greater demands on their musculoskeletal system. For patients requiring surgery, spinal fusion…
Background: Debate regarding effectiveness of surgical modalities contributes to a lack of consensus of decision making for surgical interventions. Furthermore, data regarding cost effectiveness, surgical operative time, resources, patient hospital…
Epidural Interventions in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines. Manchikanti L, Knezevic NN, Navani A, Christo PJ, Limerick G, Calodney…
Background context: ALIF (Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion) is a lumbar arthrodesis technique via an anterior approach that is less invasive than the posterior approaches. However, it is associated with specific…
Introduction: Pre-operative psychological factors may influence outcome after spine surgery. The identification of patients at risk of persisting disability may be useful for patient selection and possibly to improve treatment…