Should anyone perform percutaneous endoscopic laser diskectomy and percutaneous lumbar disc decompressions?

Background: Increasingly, pain management specialists (P-S) (e.g., anesthesiologists, radiologists, or physiatrists), who are not spinal surgeons, are performing percutaneous endoscopic laser diskectomy (PELD), percutaneous lumbar disc decompression (PLDD), and target…

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May 24, 2020

Lumbar Fusion

Hospital Network Participation and Outcomes Following Elective Posterior Lumbar Fusions – Are Mergers Effective?

Background context: Due to financial pressures associated with healthcare reforms, an increasing number of hospitals are now merging (or consolidating) into networks (or systems). However, it remains unclear how these…

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May 23, 2020

Lumbar Fusion

Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression and Removal of Symptomatic Heterotopic Bone Formation After Spinal Fusion with Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2

. 2020 May 6;S1878-8750(20)30945-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.235. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Section of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Vero Beach, Florida, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, The…

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May 23, 2020

Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression and Removal of
Symptomatic Heterotopic Bone Formation After Spinal Fusion with
Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2

Lumbar Fusion

A Case Series of Retroperitoneal Lymphocele Following Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Case Reports . 2020 May 7;S1878-8750(20)30944-X. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.234. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA,…

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May 23, 2020

A Case Series of Retroperitoneal Lymphocele Following
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Lumbar Fusion

Adjacent Segment Infection after Lumbar Fusion: A Case Report and the Literature Review

Case Reports . 2020 Jan 20;2020:2163909. doi: 10.1155/2020/2163909. eCollection 2020. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Shijingshang District, Beijing 100144, China. Free PMC article Item…

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May 23, 2020

Lumbar Fusion

Complete Fusion of Three Lumbar Vertebral Bodies in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Case Reports . 2020 Feb 12;16(1):105-109. doi: 10.13004/kjnt.2020.16.e1. eCollection 2020 Apr. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. Free PMC article Item in…

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May 23, 2020

Complete Fusion of Three Lumbar Vertebral Bodies in
Ankylosing Spondylitis

Lumbar Fusion

Minimally Invasive Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Instrumentation – Outcomes at 24-Month Follow-up

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Minimally invasive posterior lumbar interbody fusion and percutaneous instrumentation were introduced in the clinical practice with the aim to reduce the damage to musculoligamentous structures associated…

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May 23, 2020

Minimally Invasive Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and
Instrumentation – Outcomes at 24-Month Follow-up

Lumbar Fusion

Distinct fusion intersegmental parameters regarding local sagittal balance provide similar clinical outcomes: a comparative study of minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Background: Most contemporary studies suggested that intersegmental parameters including disc height and local lordosis contribute to the sagittal balance of fused lumbar. Although similar clinical outcomes following MIS- and Open-TLIF…

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May 23, 2020

Distinct fusion intersegmental parameters regarding local
sagittal balance provide similar clinical outcomes: a comparative
study of minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar
interbody fusion

Lumbar Fusion

Analysis of Spinopelvic Sagittal Balance and Persistent Low Back Pain (PLBP) for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis (DS) following Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF)

Objective: To investigate the change of spinopelvic sagittal balance and clinical outcomes after posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS), especially the relationship between sagittal spinopelvic…

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May 23, 2020

Analysis of Spinopelvic Sagittal Balance and Persistent Low
Back Pain (PLBP) for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis (DS) following
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF)

Lumbar Fusion

Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Stand-Alone Cages for the Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Retrospective Study with 1-Year Follow-Up

. 2020 Jan 11;2020:9016219. doi: 10.1155/2020/9016219. eCollection 2020. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Spinal Surgery, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050051, China. Free PMC article…

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May 23, 2020

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