Study design: Broad narrative review. Objective: To review and summarize the current literature on the cost efficacy of performing ACDF, lumbar discectomy and short segment fusions of the lumbar spine…
Study design: Systematic Review. Objectives: To review the literature surrounding the cost-effectiveness of implanting spinal cord stimulators for failed back surgery syndrome. Methods: A systematic review was conducted inclusive of…
Study design: Prospective longitudinal study. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate temporal changes of bone turnover markers (BTMs) after lumbar spinal fusion in patients without osteoporosis. Summary…
doi: 10.3892/etm.2021.10027. Epub 2021 Apr 9. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedics, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510030, P.R. China. 2 Department of Orthopaedics, The 909th Hospital of…
Considering the increasingly incidence rate of lower extremity arterial occlusive disease and difficult to distinguish from lumbar disc herniation, it is very necessary to exclude lower extremity arterial occlusive disease…
Purpose: There is no consensus on the optimal surgical treatment for high-grade spondylolisthesis (HGS) in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to assess the radiographic and clinical outcomes of…
doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106624. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shohada Tajrish Comprehensive Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2…
Background: As spinal surgeons, we have all likely seen cases in which lumbar disc herniations regressed/resolved on successive MR studies. Here, we present a patient whose original cervical MR showed…
A systematic literature review was conducted on studies comparing interspinous process (ISP) devices to traditional methods of posterior spinal instrumentation (pedicle screw-rod construct), in terms of indications of use, complications,…
doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.646079. eCollection 2021. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. 2 Bone and Joint Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial…