Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Purpose: Postoperative evaluation of the cross-sectional area of paraspinal muscle and clinical findings in patients who had interlaminar route uniportal full endoscopic posterolateral transforaminal lumbar…
Background: Magnetofection-mediated gene delivery shows great therapeutic potential through the regulation of the direction and degree of differentiation. Lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a serious global orthopaedic problem. However,…
Case Reports . 2023 Jan 19;15(1):e33954. doi: 10.7759/cureus.33954. eCollection 2023 Jan. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Urology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, PRT. 2 Anatomic Pathology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário…
Background: Recent studies have suggested achieving global alignment and proportionality (GAP) alignment may influence mechanical complications after adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery. Objective: To investigate the association between the GAP…
Introduction: Understanding the relationship between spinal fusion and its effects on relative spinopelvic alignment in patients with prior total hip arthroplasty (THA) is critical. However, limited data exist on the…
Background: The prone transpsoas (PTP) approach for lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is a relatively novel technique. Currently, little is known about its associated complications and early patient-reported outcomes. The…
Objective: Length of stay (LOS) is a contributor to costs and resource utilization. The primary goal of this study was to identify patient, clinical, surgical, and institutional variables that influence…
Background: Perioperative prophylactic antibiotic (PPA) use in spine surgery is known to reduce the rate of surgical site infections. In the past decade, several evidence-based guidelines have been published and…
Objective: The purpose of this study was to validate the Global Alignment and Proportion (GAP) score as a predictor of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes for patients undergoing adult…
Background: Whether it's better to adopt unilateral pedicle screw (UPS) fixation or to use bilateral pedicle screw (BPS) one for lumbar degenerative diseases is still controversially undetermined. Aim: To make…