Background: Conservative treatment including the use of a brace and cessation of sports activities is known to be effective in spondylolysis. However, there is some controversy regarding [1] the type…
Study design: A retrospective case-control study. Objective: Only a few studies have studied the incidence of new-onset SI joint pain following lumbar spine fusion surgery. We aimed to explore the…
Purpose: The purpose of our meta-analyses is to find the most appropriate surgical technique treating lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD). Spinal fusion is the conventional treatment for lumbar DDD. Total…
. 2021 Apr;16(2):111-114. doi: 10.2185/jrm.2020-057. Epub 2021 Apr 1. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Orthopeadic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Item in Clipboard Yosuke Shibao et al.…
Case Reports . 2021 Mar 24;2021:5514720. doi: 10.1155/2021/5514720. eCollection 2021. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix,…
Case Reports . 2021 Mar 4;13(3):e13701. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13701. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Orthopedics and Traumatology, General Hospital of Patras "Agios Andreas", Patras, GRC. Item in Clipboard Case Reports Vasileios K…
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the changes to spinopelvic sagittal alignment following minimally invasive (MIS) lumbar interbody fusion, and the influence of such changes on postoperative…
Background: With the current opioid crisis, as many as 38% of patients are still on opioids one year after elective spine surgery. Identifying drivers of in-hospital opioid consumption may decrease…
Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jss-20-598). Dr. SB reports personal fees from K2M, from Medtronic, personal fees from Nuvasive, from Orthofix,…
Case Reports doi: 10.21037/jss-20-609. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Center, Amiens, France. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Yopougon University Hospital Center, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 3 Department of…