Background: The erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is gaining popularity in lumbar fusion for postoperative pain management. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the changes of opioid…
Study design: Retrospective review of private neuromonitoring databases. Objectives: To review neuromonitoring alerts in a large series of patients undergoing lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) and determine whether alerts occurred…
Study design: A retrospective case-control study. Objectives: The usefulness of a drain in spinal surgery has always been controversial. The purposes of this study were to determine the incidence of…
Study design: Retrospective case-control study. Objectives: This study aims to present the clinical and radiographical outcomes of the titanium-polyetheretherketone (Ti/PEEK) composite cage compared to those of the standard PEEK cage…
Background: Pyogenic spondylodiscitis (PSD) is challenging to the orthopedist with regards to diagnosis and treatment. The present study was designed to assess and suggest the most indicative diagnostic method and…
Case Reports . 2021 Feb 9;13(2):e13238. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13238. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Orthopedics, General Hospital of Patras, Patras, GRC. 2 Orthopedics, Karamdaneion Hospital, Patras, GRC. 3 Otolaryngology - Head and…
Background: United States (U.S.) healthcare is a volume-based inefficient delivery system. Value requires the consideration of quality, which is lacking in most healthcare disciplines. Objective: To assess whether patients who…
Introduction: Traditional open discectomy and intervertebral fusion surgery is the common strategy for lumbar disc herniation (LDH). However, it has the disadvantages of long recovery time and severe paravertebral soft…
Study design: A retrospective radiologic study. Objective: The inflection point is the disc space between a lordotic and kyphotic segment of spine. To our knowledge, there has been no study…
Objective: To investigate the radiological and clinical efficacy of transforaminal lumbar bilateral interbody fusion (TLBIF) versus transforaminal lumbar unilateral interbody fusion (TLUIF) with reduction of slippage of the vertebra in…