Publications by authors named "Evan Chaladoff"
Article Synopsis
- The study compared postoperative complications in three minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF): tubular, endoscopic, and robot-assisted.
- All three techniques had similar complication rates within the first two weeks, but tubular TLIF showed a lower incidence of new neurologic symptoms compared to the other two methods.
- Patient-reported outcomes improved over time for all groups, with no significant differences between the techniques regarding preoperative and postoperative results.
Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between nerve root retraction time, post-operative radiculitis and patient reported outcomes.
Methods: Patients who underwent single- or multi-level lumbar discectomy between 2020 and 2022 for lumbar disk herniations were prospectively followed with pre-operative, interoperative and post-operative variables including radiculitis and patient reported outcomes including VAS, ODI and CAT domains Pain interference, Pain intensity and Physical function. Intraoperative nerve root retraction time was recorded.