MRI in early stages of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis indicates a neuro-osseous growth mismatch associated with curve progression.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between spinal cord anatomy and the risk of curve progression in mild to moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).

Methods: We prospectively included patients presenting with mild or moderate AIS (< 40 degrees). Irrespective of curve severity, patients underwent 3-dimensional MRI and were followed until skeletal maturity or surgery.

Preoperative risk factors for nonsatisfaction after lumbar interbody fusion.

Introduction: Low back pain (LBP) is a common cause of impaired quality of life and disability and studies regarding surgical management of patients with LBP show a high variation in patient-reported success rate.

Research Question: To find valuable preoperative clinical risk factors and variables associated with a non-satisfactory patient-reported outcome following surgery.

Materials And Methods: The Danish surgical spine database (DaneSpine) was used to collect eight years of pre- and postoperative data on patients undergoing single-level fusions with either posterior- (PLIF) or transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions (TLIF).