STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective.OBJECTIVE: To determine clinical outcomes in obese patients compared with non-obese patients utilizing Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System Physical Function (PROMIS PF) following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody…

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Despite the growing senior population within the United States, there is a lack of consensus regarding the safety and efficacy of performing lumbar spinal fusion for this population.PURPOSE:…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors for adjacent vertebral compression fractures following lumbar spinal fusion with instrumentation.METHODS: A total of 669 patients who received lumbar instrumented spinal…

Objective: Several studies have reported that patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are vulnerable to infection. However, the mechanism underlying this remains unclear. We hypothesized that preoperative blood glucose levels in…

This is a report of a 58-year-old female with Cushing syndrome who underwent posterior lumbar fusion and lost both her vision completely. She was diagnosed with posterior ischemic optic neuropathy.…

BACKGROUND: Although some studies had been published, it was more controversial on the superiority of decompression alone (D) and decompression with fusion (F) for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis…

STUDY DESIGN: A level-3 retrospective cohort analysis.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe obesity's effect on complications and outcomes in degenerative spondylolisthesis patients treated by minimally invasive transforaminal…