Background context: Fulfillment of expectations is a patient-centered outcome that has not been assessed based on fusion status for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis (LDS). Purpose: To compare preoperatively cited expectations and…
This study was designed to systematically review and meta-analyze the functional and radiological outcomes between lateral and posterior approaches in adult degenerative scoliosis (ADS). Both lateral (lumbar, extreme, and oblique)…
doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111440. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia; Spine Labs, St.…
Study design: Retrospective single center study. Background: Cauda equine syndrome (CES), which caused by acute lumbar disc herniation (LDH), often requires urgent surgical treatment. Currently, there is no standard defining…
Objective: Recurrent lumbar disc herniation (RLDH) is one of the major causes of failure for primary surgery. Repeat discectomy (RD) and spinal fusion (SF) are two surgical options for RLDH.…
Background context: The advantages of Lateral Single Position surgery (LSPS) in the perioperative period has previously been demonstrated, however 2-year postoperative outcomes of this novel technique have not yet been…
Background: Lumbar pars defects are common in adolescent athletes and are often due to recurrent axial loading and traumatic stressors. Objective: To present an updated case series of young athletes…
Background: Changes in reimbursement policies have been demonstrated to correlate with clinical practice. Objective: To investigate trends in physician reimbursement for anterior, posterior, and combined anterior/posterior (AP) lumbar arthrodesis and…
Background: There is a scarcity of literature that examines clinical outcomes through patient-reported outcomes (PROs), minimum clinically important difference (MCID), and recovery ratios (RR) for workers' compensation (WC) recipients undergoing…
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between surgical segment mobility and fatty infiltration of the adjacent segment paravertebral muscles in patients with single-segment lumbar degenerative…