Percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: is it worth it?

Purpose: Interbody spine fusion with cages was first described by Bagby and has been performed for a long time now in a variety of different conditions. We developed a percutaneous endoscopic lumbar fusion technique based on the principles of Kambin and an original titanium cage.

Materials And Methods: From 2004 to 2010, 57 patients were operated on, 17 patients were male with a mean age of 50.

Measuring the Cobb angle with the iPhone in kyphoses: a reliability study.

Purpose: Smartphones have gained widespread use in the healthcare field to fulfill a variety of tasks. We developed a small iPhone application to take advantage of the built-in position sensor to measure angles in a variety of spinal deformities. We present a reliability study of this tool in measuring kyphotic angles.