Multiple human and animal studies suggest that the up-regulation of inflammatory cytokines and other pain-related molecules in degenerated or injured intervertebral discs (IVDs) may cause discogenic low back pain (LBP).…
Background: The incidence of chronic opioid use (COU) is increasing with health related complications impacting both patients and healthcare services. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the…
Background: Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) may result in significant blood loss and an increase in blood transfusion. Though tranexamic acid (TXA) is widely studied for the hemostasis of arthroplasty,…
Case Reports . 2020 Jul 25;12(7):e9391. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9391. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Orthopedic Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA. 2 Orthopedic Surgery, Atlanta Spine Surgery…
Objective: The Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI) and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) are commonly utilized measures that use administrative data to characterize a patient's comorbidity burden. The purpose of this study…
. 2020 Aug 22;S1878-8750(20)31892-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.08.123. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. 2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tokyo…
Background: The study was to investigate the complications rate of and risk factors for unplanned reoperation among elderly patients who underwent posterior lumbar fusion (PLF) for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS).…
Study design: Prospective observational study OBJECTIVE.: This paper aims to develop a spatial augmented reality-based surgical navigation system to assist in the placement of pedicle screws in minimally invasive spine…
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater . 2020 Aug 6;112:103982. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.103982. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Manufacturing, School of Mechanical…
Objectives: To test the effect of adding neural mobilization (NM) versus myofascial release (MFR) to stabilization exercises (SE) on disability, pain, and lumbar range of motion (ROM) in patients with…