Background context: As more patients undergo anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedures and more devices are created for that purpose, it is important to understand the complications that can arise…
Background context: Lateral decubitus single position anterior-posterior (AP) fusion utilizing anterior lumbar interbody fusion and percutaneous posterior fixation is a novel, minimally invasive surgical technique. Single position lumbar surgery (SPLS)…
Study design: Finite element analysis (FEA) and in vivo ovine spinal interbody fusion study. Objective: To determine comparative load-induced strain amplitudes, bone mineralization and fusion outcomes associated with different diameter…
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine whether previous lumbar spinal fusion (LSF) was an independent risk factor for complications in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) or…
Objective: To compare the safety and effectiveness of robot-assisted minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (Mis-TLIF) and oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) for the treatment of single-level lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis…
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Objective: This study assesses how degree of overlap, either before or after the critical operative portion, affects lumbar fusion outcomes. Methods: The authors retrospectively studied 3799 consecutive patients undergoing single-level,…
Objective: Previous studies have demonstrated that Lenke lumbar modifier A contains 2 distinct types (AR and AL), and the AR curve pattern is likely to develop adding-on (i.e., a progressive…
. 2021 Sep 22;13(9):e18187. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18187. eCollection 2021 Sep. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Orthopaedics, Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, Chiba, JPN. Item in Clipboard Ryoma Aoyama et al. Cureus. 2021.…
Purpose: Showing results of open and percutaneous surgical management of traumatic AO type A3, A4 and B2 thoracic and lumbar fractures. Methods: Retrospective comparative analysis of traditional open fusion versus…