Study design: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Objectives: To determine if pre-operative albumin and CRP can predict post-operative infections after lumbar surgery. Methods: Patients who underwent an anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF),…
Review . 2020 Dec 29;12(12):e12361. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12361. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Neurosurgery, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, USA. 2 Medicine, University of New England, Biddeford, USA. 3 Medicine, Ross…
The aim of the study was to evaluate the biomechanical properties of a novel nonfused artificial vertebral body in treating lumbar diseases and to compare with those of the fusion…
Purpose: Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most devastating complications following spinal instrumented fusion surgeries because it may lead to a significant increase in morbidity, mortality, and poor…
Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the surgical indications, clinical efficacy, and preliminary experiences of nonstructural bone grafts for lumbar tuberculosis (TB). Methods: Thirty-four patients with lumbar TB who…
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) . 2021 Jan 27;opaa478. doi: 10.1093/ons/opaa478. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix,…
Study design: Retrospective case series. Objectives: Reduction of translational/angular slip is a favorable radiological result in spinal fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis, although its clinical significance remains controversial. Few studies have…
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) . 2021 Jan 11;11:552719. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.552719. eCollection 2020. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University…
Background and purpose - There are different opinions on how to surgically address lumbar spinal stenosis with concomitant degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS). We investigated reoperation rates at the index and adjacent…
Objective: The aim of the present paper was to evaluate cases of lumbar degenerative diseases treated with oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) using a modified lateral approach (i.e. anteroinferior psoas…