Background: The use of spinal anesthesia (SA) as opposed to general anesthesia (GA) during elective lumbar spine surgery is an emerging technique and represents a potentially modifiable factor to limit…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: The current study was undertaken to determine the midterm and long-term radiological outcomes, complications and functional status of patients who underwent a single-level anterior…
Background: Women undergoing lumbar spine surgery report greater preoperative pain and disability and have less improvement after surgery. There is a paucity of literature on sex-related differences after minimally invasive…
Background: Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and allograft containing mesenchymal stem cells (live cell) are popular biologic substitutes for iliac crest autograft used in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). Use of…
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) . 2020 Oct 12;opaa307. doi: 10.1093/ons/opaa307. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Item in Clipboard Michael…
Purpose: High body mass index (BMI) is positively correlated with bone mineral density (BMD) in healthy adults; however, the effect of BMI on regional segmental BMDs in the axial skeleton…
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration (IVDD) leads to structural and functional changes. Biomaterials for restoring IVD function and promoting regeneration are currently being investigated; however, such approaches require validation using animal…
Background: Smoking cessation represents an opportunity to reduce both short and long-term effects of smoking on complications after lumbar fusion and smoking-related morbidity and mortality. However, the cost-effectiveness of smoking-cessation…
Study design: Retrospective cohort OBJECTIVE.: To identify gaps in opioid prescription immediately prior to spinal fusion and to study the effect of such simulated "opioid weaning/elimination" on risk of long-term…