Dr Vaccaro has consulted or has done independent contracting for DePuy, Medtronic, Stryker Spine, Globus, Stout Medical, Gerson Lehrman Group, Guidepoint Global, Medacorp, Innovative Surgical Design, Orthobullets, Ellipse, and Vertex.…
Background: Fusion of a joint reportedly increases force in the adjacent joints and leads to progression of arthritis. Whether lumbar spinal fusion increases force in the hip joint and promotes…
Objectives: To evaluate the comparison between lordotic and non-lordotic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) cages in degenerative lumbar spine surgery and analyze radiological as well as clinical outcome parameters in…
Objective: To compare the intraoperative blood loss, postoperative drainage and hidden blood loss (HBL) in lumbar posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and…
. 2021 Mar 23;15353702211001039. doi: 10.1177/15353702211001039. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China. 2…
Background: Pre-existing degeneration of adjacent segment is an important risk factor for adjacent-segment degeneration (ASD), but only limited and controversial studies have addressed its management. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients…
Review . 2021 Mar 20;S1529-9430(21)00127-3. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.03.016. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 University of Sydney, Department of Science, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected]. Item in Clipboard Review…
Object: Treatment strategy for thoraco-lumbar burst fractures is still debated. The aim of this study is to evaluate clinical and radiological outcomes of a two-stage strategy with immediate posterior percutaneous…
doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2020.596327. eCollection 2020. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Item in Clipboard Wenbin Hua et al.…
Objective: The aim of the present study was to use a gelatin sponge impregnated with dexamethasone, combined with minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) and no drainage tube after…