Background: The opioid epidemic in the US has led prescribers to reevaluate postoperative pain control particularly in the field of spine surgery, where postoperative analgesia requirements and consumption have historically…
The efficacies and safety of oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) remains controversial, and long-term clinical efficacies in particular need to be explored. This study is…
Background: This systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to investigate evidence for the comparison of lumbar dynamic stabilization device Coflex with posterior lumbar fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Methods:…
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of full-endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (Endo-TLIF) for treatment of single-level lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. Methods: Fifty-three patients were divided into 2 groups…
Background: The proper cage positioning and height in lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF). This study evaluated their effects on clinical and radiographic outcome measures in patients undergoing LLIF. Methods: This…
. 2022 Dec 2;101(48):e31879. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000031879. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea. 2 Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology,…
Purpose: This retrospective cohort study investigated the efficacy of a sublingual sufentanil tablet system (SSTS) in comparison to intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) with piritramide for the management of postoperative pain…
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in a global pandemic with several hundred million infections worldwide. COVID-19 causes systemic complications that last beyond the initial infection. It is not…
Objective: Modic changes (MC) are vertebral bone marrow lesions seen on magnetic resonance images, that associate with disc degeneration and low back pain (LBP). Few studies described MC histopathology qualitatively…
Purpose: The aim of this report is to describe the management of a severe spinal deformity in an adolescent with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) and review the available literature on the…