Objective: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) are essential in surgeons' armamentarium for pain relief and antiphlogistic effects. However, spine surgeons are concerned about the drugs' impact on coagulation, fearing hemodynamic instability…
Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is an evidence-based multimodal perioperative management designed to reduce the length of stay (LOS) and complications. The purpose of the present study is to…
Case Reports . 2022 Oct 18;14(10):e30423. doi: 10.7759/cureus.30423. eCollection 2022 Oct. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Rehabilitation Medicine, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, JPN. Item in Clipboard Case Reports Tanaka Kohei. Cureus.…
Introduction: Primary hip and knee arthroplasty represent two of the most successful orthopaedic surgical interventions in the past century. Similarly, lumbar fusion (LF) remains a valuable, evidence-based option to relieve…
Objective: Posterior instrumented fusion is the most widely accepted surgical treatment for spinal stenosis and disc herniation. However, fusion can affect daily activities due to lumbar stiffness. In recent years,…
Background: Previous studies have reported that vitamin D supplement could improve fracture healing, but evidence regarding the role of vitamin D supplements in spinal fusion was limited. Thus, this study…
J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater . 2022 Nov 18. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.35191. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital,…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Incidental dural (ID) tear is a common complication of spine surgery with a prevalence of 4-10%. The association between ID and clinical outcome is…
Background: The quantity and quality of the paraspinal muscles are important factors that lead to spinal diseases. However, the role of paraspinal muscles in the pathogenesis of adjacent segment disease…
Background: Numerous complications of lumbar fusion surgery have been reported, with adjacent segment disease (ASD) being one of the most important. Few studies describe the effect of sagittal, horizontal screw…