Background: As a widespread back condition in orthopedics, spondylitis is rarely caused by Salmonella. Here, we report a rare case of spondylitis caused by Salmonella enteritis associated with Brucella melitensis.…
Background: According to intervertebral space division, the characteristics of interbody bone graft fusion after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) were assessed via computed tomography (CT) scan to provide a theoretical…
Objectives: This study investigates the changes in the paraspinal muscles of lumbar spinal stenosis patients after percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (PE-TLIF). Methods: Thirty-three patients from Beijing Chaoyang Hospital…
Case Reports doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.974931. eCollection 2022. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Orthopedics, 960th Hospital of PLA, Jinan, China. Item in Clipboard Case Reports Haocheng Cui et al. Front Surg. 2022.…
Case Reports . 2022 Nov 7;2022:2519468. doi: 10.1155/2022/2519468. eCollection 2022. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Spine, Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine,…
Spine surgery and spinal fusion surgery are rising. Revision rates following initial surgery are between 8 and 45%. Epidural fibrosis is a common response to spine surgery for most patients…
Background context: Spinal fusion surgery is a common treatment for lumbar degenerative diseases and has been associated with the long-term complication of adjacent segment disease (ASD). In recent years, the…
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the mid-term efficacy and safety of Escherichia coli-derived bone morphogenetic protein-2 (E.BMP-2)/hydroxyapatite (HA) in lumbar posterolateral fusion (PLF). Methods: This multicenter, evaluator-blinded, observational study…
Objective: To investigate the correlation between scoliosis direction and oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) operation channel angle in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis. Patients and methods: 80 cases of…
Background: Lumbar lateral interbody fusion (LLIF) is traditionally performed in two stages: placing the interbody cage in the lateral decubitus position, followed by percutaneous pedicle screw placement in the prone…