Study design: A retrospective study of prospectively collected clinical data. Purpose: To identify preoperative psychological factors associated with patient satisfaction after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Overview of literature:…
Objective: Lumbar interbody fusions are being performed with increased frequency in the last decade. Anterior and posterior interbody techniques have demonstrated relatively similar success rates. Nonetheless, despite increased attention to…
Study design: Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine how different combinations of preoperative back pain (BP) and leg pain (LP) may…
Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) provides indirect decompression without disruption of the posterior elements. It involves a larger implant footprint than that of posterior approaches. LLIF is typically performed with…
Background context: Bertolotti Syndrome is a diagnosis given to patients with lower back pain arising from a lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV). These patients can experience symptomatology similar to common degenerative…
Background context: Frailty has been associated with inferior surgical outcomes in various fields of spinal surgery. With increasing healthcare costs, hospital length of stay (LOS) and unplanned readmissions have emerged…
Study design: Modified Delphi study. Objective: The objective of this study was to establish expert consensus on the application of lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) by using the modified Delphi…
Study design: A finite element analysis study. Objective: Of proximal junctional failure, upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) fracture can causes severe spinal cord injury. Previously, we reported that higher occupancy rate…
Background: This study aimed to compare posterolateral fusion with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (PLF + TLIF) and PLF only in terms of revision surgery rates and complications, as well as…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Overcorrection in adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery may lead to proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) because of posterior spinal displacement. The aim of this paper…