Downward Laminotomy Technique for Hidden Zone Foraminal Disk Herniations: Technical Notes and Preliminary Results.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to investigate the surgical outcomes of postural instability and its predictors in patients with cervical myelopathy (CM). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although several studies have shown impaired postural stability in CM patients, th...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Yano T,Fujishiro T,Obo T,Mori K,Hayama S,Nakaya Y,Nakano A,Baba I,Neo M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a prospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a preoperative conference on spine surgeons' decision-making in the treatment of adult spinal disorders. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND DATA:There are several factors that spine surgeons have to consider when ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Erken HY,Bae J,Lee SH,Seo JS,Shin SH

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate spine surgeons' attitudes regarding preoperative anxiety measurement, management, and responsibility. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The vast majority of patients scheduled for spine surgery experience preoperative anxiety. However, there are currentl...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Musa A,Wang JC,Acosta FL,Movahedi R,Melkonian A,Shahbazi A,Safani D,Gucev G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to establish the correlation between radiographic spinopelvic parameters with objective biomechanical measures of function in patients with adult degenerative scoliosis (ADS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Gait and balance analyses can pr...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Haddas R,Hu X,Lieberman IH

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of patients who underwent surgery for spinal metastasis between 2005 and 2011. OBJECTIVE:To assess the utility of the surgical Apgar score (SAS) in patients who underwent surgery for spinal metastasis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Surgery for spinal metastasis can be associated with re...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Lau D,Yee TJ,La Marca F,Patel R,Park P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case series study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the electrophysiological location of nerve root entrapment in patients with isthmic spondylolisthesis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although the lesion of the nerve root in patients with isthmic spondylolisthesis has been thought to be located at the pars inter...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Morita M,Miyauchi A,Okuda S,Oda T,Iwasaki M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a meta-analysis study. OBJECTIVE:To compare different posterior spine fixation methods for burst fracture fixation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:This study was performed to elucidate if the current body of literature supports one posterior spinal fusion fixation method for burst fracture to minimi...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Ituarte F,Wiegers NW,Ruppar T,Goldstein C,Nourbakhsh A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected clinical data. OBJECTIVE:To assess the long-term outcome of patients with monosegmental L4/5 degenerative spondylolisthesis treated with the dynamic Dynesys device. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The Dynesys system has been used as a semirigid, lumbar dorsal ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Hoppe S,Schwarzenbach O,Aghayev E,Bonel H,Berlemann U

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study of preoperative and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in spinal ependymoma. OBJECTIVE:The goal of the study was to examine MRI features, including the syrinx component volume, after surgical resection of spinal ependymoma, and to relate these features to extent ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Kobayashi K,Ando K,Machino M,Tanaka S,Morozumi M,Kanbara S,Ito S,Inoue T,Matsuyama Y,Ishiguro N,Imagama S

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A method for measuring occipitocervical angle. OBJECTIVE:To develop a new method of measurement for assessing the occipitocervical angle using intraoperative fluoroscopic imaging, and to examine its reliability. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:To avoid postoperative complications following occipitocervical fu...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Nagashima S,Nagae M,Arai Y,Tonomura H,Takatori R,Sukenari T,Fujiwara H,Sawada K,Mikami Y,Kubo T

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case-control study. OBJECTIVE:To compare the incidence, management, and outcome of incidental durotomy in revision microdiscectomy with open and minimal-access surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Incidental durotomy occurs with a variable incidence of 3%-27% in spine surgery. The highest ra...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Kogias E,Klingler JH,Franco Jimenez P,Vasilikos I,Sircar R,Scholz C,Hubbe U

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsoft Excel (MS Excel) is a commonly used program for data collection and statistical analysis in biomedical research. However, this program has many limitations, including fewer functions that can be used for analysis and a limited number of total cells compared with dedicated statistical programs. MS Excel canno...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Tanavalee C,Luksanapruksa P,Singhatanadgige W

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a genetic test is associated with successful Providence bracing for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Genetic factors have been defined that predict the risk of progression of AIS in a polygenic fashion. From these data,...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Bohl DD,Telles CJ,Ruiz FK,Badrinath R,DeLuca PA,Grauer JN

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective single-surgeon nonrandomized clinical study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the radiographic and clinical outcomes, by fixation type, in extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) patients and provide an algorithm for determining patients suitable for stand-alone XLIF. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:XLIF m...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Malham GM,Ellis NJ,Parker RM,Blecher CM,White R,Goss B,Seex KA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy of posterior unilateral vertebral column resection (PUVCR) as revision surgery for severe thoracolumbar angular kyphosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study. Adult patients undergoing revision surgery for severe thora...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Xue R,Liu D,Shen Y

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a retrospective comparative study. OBJECTIVE:The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of epidural anesthesia (EA) versus general anesthesia (GA) in elderly patients undergoing lower lumbar spine fusion surgeries. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Lumbar spine surgery can be perfo...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Li Z,Long H,Huang F,Zhang Y,Xu J,Wang X

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Few studies have investigated the co...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Yoo JS,Parrish JM,Jenkins NW,Khechen B,Haws BE,Narain AS,Hrynewycz NM,Brundage TS,Singh K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before conducting a scientific study, a power analysis is performed to determine the sample size required to test an effect within allowable probabilities of Type I error (α) or Type II error (β). The power of a study is related to Type II error by 1-β. Most scientific studies set α=0.05 and power=0.80 as minimums. Mo...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Nicholson KJ,Reyes AA,Sherman M,Divi SN,Vaccaro AR

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective data analysis. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to analyze correlations between spinopelvic configuration and fracture pattern or location in traumatic vertebral fractures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The spinopelvic configuration represented by the pelvic incidence (PI) angle showed to h...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Bouaicha S,Cunier M,Scheyerer MJ,Wanner GA,Simmen HP,Werner CM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective single-center and single-surgeon study. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the correlation between lower instrumented vertebra (LIV) and spinal mobility 2 years after posterior spinal fusion with pedicle screws for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) for optimal LIV selection. SUMMARY OF...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Uehara M,Takahashi J,Ikegami S,Kuraishi S,Futatsugi T,Oba H,Takizawa T,Munakata R,Koseki M,Kato H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Biomechanical ex vivo study. OBJECTIVE:To determine if topping off instrumentation can reduce the hypermobility in the adjacent segments when compared with the classic rigid spinal instrumentation. SUMMARY OF THE BACKGROUND DATA:Long rigid instrumentation might increase the mechanical load in the adjacen...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Reichl M,Kueny RA,Danyali R,Obid P,Übeyli H,Püschel K,Morlock MM,Huber G,Niemeyer T,Richter A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Description of a navigated, single-step, minimally invasive technique for the placement of pedicle screws. OBJECTIVE:To describe a new technique for minimally invasive placement of pedicle screws in the lumbar spine using O-arm and StealthStation navigation in combination. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Mini...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Kleck CJ,Johnson C,Akiyama M,Burger EL,Cain CJ,Patel VV

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study was an ambispective long-term cost-utility analysis with retrospective chart review and included the prospective completion of health questionnaires by patients. OBJECTIVE:This was a cost-utility analysis, comparing conservative treatment, discectomy, and discectomy with spinal fusion for patie...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Selva-Sevilla C,Ferrara P,Gerónimo-Pardo M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to analyze the relationships between degenerative spondylolisthesis in the fifth lumbar vertebra (L5-DS) and radiographic parameters and to further determine the radiographic predictors of the development of L5-DS. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Degenerative ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Chen Q,Cao L,Bian C,Wang HR,Lin H,Li XL,Jiang YQ,Dong J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Open-label laboratory investigational study; non-animal surgical simulation. OBJECTIVE:The authors perform a comparison of dural closure strength in a durotomy simulator across 2 different suture materials. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Incidental durotomy leading to persistent cerebrospinal fluid leak adds...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Ghobrial GM,Maulucci CM,Viereck MJ,Beygi S,Chitale A,Prasad S,Jallo J,Heller J,Sharan AD,Harrop JS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the rising health care costs in the United States, there has been a focus on value-based care and improving the cost-effectiveness of surgical procedures. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can not only give physicians and health care providers immediate feedback on the well-being of the patients but...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Lee TJ,Thomas AA,Grandhi NR,Galetta MS,Goyal DKC,Fang T,Schroeder GD,Kepler CK,Vaccaro AR

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to report the impact of COVID-19 on spine surgery fellow education and readiness for practice. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:COVID-19 has emerged as one of the most devastating global health crises of our time. To minimize transmissi...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Swiatek PR,Weiner JA,Butler BA,McCarthy MH,Louie PK,Wolinsky JP,Hsu WK,Patel AA

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The pressures on spine surgery to adopt value-based reimbursement models are being seen in the increased implementation of bundled payment strategies. Given that bundled payment models typically link payments to the initiation of the surgical episode in question, despite their potential cost-saving attributes, financi...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Scalise J,Jacofsky D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Intervention comparison study. OBJECTIVE:To assess postoperative cervical lordosis, clinical outcome, and progression of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) in patient of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) by the OPLL. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The posterior approach is usually...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Lee CH,Jahng TA,Hyun SJ,Kim KJ,Kim HJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A decision analysis. OBJECTIVE:To perform a decision analysis utilizing postoperative complication data, in conjunction with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) utility scores, to rank order the average health utility associated with various surgical approaches used to treat symptomatic thoracic disk h...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Nayak NR,Bauman JA,Stein SC,Thawani JP,Malhotra NR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00