Background: The prevalence of pleural injury during surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis using an extrapleural approach and the association of pleural injury with postoperative pulmonary function remain unclear. We sought…
Objectives: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of one-stage posterior instrumentation combined with anterior debridement and reconstruction using allogenic strut bone for the surgical treatment of multilevel lumbar spinal tuberculosis in…
Introduction: Laminectomy/laminoplasty either free or vascularized pedicle flap is currently performed with a variety of expensive instruments. Use of Tudor Edwards rib shears to perform above procedure is described. Materials…
Study design: Non-randomized prospective controlled study. Objectives: To compare the safety and perioperative outcomes between patient-specific template-guided and fluoroscopic-assisted freehand techniques in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) using cortical bone…
doi: 10.1007/s11701-022-01493-8. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Steward St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, MA, USA. 2 Neurosurgery Center of Southern New England, PC, Fall River, MA, USA.…
Objective: To analyze the clinical efficacy of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) in the treatment of continuous double-level lumbar spondylolisthesis with sagittal imbalance. Methods: The clinical data of 36 patients…
. 2022 Nov 25;101(47):e31573. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000031573. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Korea. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University,…
Editorial . 2022 Dec;104-B(12):1281-1283. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.104B12.BJJ-2022-1131. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, University Neurosurgical Center Holland, UMC | HMC | HAGA, Leiden & The Hague, the Netherlands. 2 Department…
Aims: The aims of this study were first, to determine if adding fusion to a decompression of the lumbar spine for spinal stenosis decreases the rate of radiological restenosis and/or…
Objective: Safe placement of posterior cervical-sacral pedicle screws, S2-Ala-iliac screws, iliac screws, transarticular screws C1/2, translaminar screws C2 or cervical lateral mass screws under the guidance of spinal navigation. Indications:…