BACKGROUND: It is important to delineate the relationship between opioid use and spine surgery outcomes.OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between preoperative opioid usage and postoperative adverse events, patient satisfaction, return…
Introduction As a possible treatment option for chronic lower back pain (CLBP) due to single-level degenerative disc disorder (DDD), the efficacy of anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) has been reviewed…
BACKGROUND: As the use of bundled care payment models has become widespread in neurosurgery, there is a distinct need for improved preoperative predictive tools to identify patients who will not…
We investigated if applying the Transition system (Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA, USA) as topping off can prevent Adjacent Segment Degeneration (ASD) and if rate of ASD is increased if…
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective database study.OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify trends in demographics, comorbidities, and postoperative complications among patients undergoing ACDF and PLF.SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: As demand for anterior cervical…
BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) is a well-accepted procedure for the treatment of degenerative lumbar disease. However, its ability to restore lumbar lordosis has been limited. Development…
OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the long-term clinical outcome of a total posterior arthroplasty system in the surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis.METHODS: Between June 2006 and July…
STUDY DESIGN: Single institution retrospective clinical review.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between levels fused and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing open and minimally invasive surgical (MIS) lumbar fusion.SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND…
PURPOSE: To compare the clinical and economic outcomes of facet versus pedicle screw instrumentation for single-level circumferential lumbar spinal fusion.METHODS: Outcomes included self-assessment of back and leg pain, pain drawing,…
CASE: A 76-year-old woman underwent L4-L5 posterior lumbar interbody fusion with pedicle screws for lumbar spondylolisthesis. Intraoperative iatrogenic injuries to the right fourth lumbar artery and inferior vena cava occurred,…