Publications by authors named "Battugs Borkhuu"
Background: Posterior stabilization surgery is considered the gold standard for restoring spine stability in patients with traumatic thoracolumbar fractures. However, whether long-segment (LS) stabilization or short-segment (SS) stabilization is an optimal approach for achieving more effective restoration of spinal stability remains unclear.
Material And Methods: Patients who underwent posterior stabilization surgery for traumatic thoracolumbar fractures were included in the study.
Background: Spinal instrumentation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) aims to correct spinal deformity and maintain long-term spinal stability until bony healing is ensured. The purpose of this study was to compare the minimum 2-year postoperative radiographic and clinical results of posterior spine correction and fusion with all-hook instrumentation versus hybrid segmental instrumentation versus pedicle screw instrumentation for AIS from a single institution.
Methods: A total of 105 patients with AIS who underwent a posterior spinal fusion with segmental pedicle screw (35), hook (35), or hybrid (35) instrumentation were sorted and matched according to the following criteria: similar age at surgery, identical Lenke curve types, curve magnitude, and Risser grade.
Purpose: Accurate evaluation of patient compliance with scoliosis brace usage has been a challenge for physicians treating patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. This inability to accurately measure compliance has resulted in difficulty in determining brace treatment efficacy. This prospective study was performed to demonstrate the efficacy of using a new electronic brace compliance monitor, the Cricket.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Design: Nonrandomized consecutive case series comparing interbody spine fusion with autograft versus bone marrow-based graft replacement (BGR).
Objectives: Effectiveness of bone marrow-based graft versus rib autograft in achieving anterior interbody fusion of the thoracolumbar/lumbar spine.
Summary Of Background Data: The use of bone marrow (BM) with graft materials was shown in a prior study to aid with bone regeneration.
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate and evaluate complications of intrathecal baclofen (ITB) pump implantation and maintenance in children with cerebral palsy.
Methods: We reviewed our entire consecutive series of pediatric patients treated with ITB between 1997 and 2006 at our hospital. There were 174 patients with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, 8 with mixed dystonia, 2 with athetosis, and 3 with pure dystonia.
Study Design: Retrospective cohort.
Objective: To assess the period prevalence and predisposing factors in thoracolumbar kyphosis progression (TLK).
Summary Of Background Data: TLK is a common presentation in children with achondroplasia.
Background: Postoperative pancreatitis is a recognized complication after spine fusion surgery in scoliosis management. There are established risk factors for the development of postoperative pancreatitis for patients with scoliosis in general, but no such factors have been established in patients with cerebral palsy (CP) who have scoliosis. The aim of this study was to assess the association between preoperative comorbidities and other parameters in the development of pancreatitis after spinal fusion surgery in a sample of children with CP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Design: A retrospective matched cohort study with control group.
Objective: To compare the infection rate after posterior spinal fusion with unit rod instrumentation with or without gentamicin-impregnated allograft bone in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
Summary Of Background Data: Previous studies evaluating wound infection rates after spinal fusion surgery in children with CP report an 8.