Publications by authors named "Kulathunga Arachchige Lisitha"
Objective: This study analyses the quantity of local bone graft obtained from different anatomical parts of the posterior elements during corrective surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis patients.
Summary Of Background Data: Locally harvested autogenous bone graft eliminates possible donor site morbidity and has all the important basic bone graft properties such as osteoinductivity, osteogenicity and osteoconductivity. Its usage was reported to be adequate to achieve fusion but none had quantifies the amount of local bone graft harvested.
Background: This prospective clinical-radiological study was conducted to determine whether the dynamic mobility stress radiographs can predict the postoperative vertebral height restoration, kyphosis correction, and cement volume injected after vertebroplasty.
Methods: Patients included had the diagnosis of significant back pain caused by osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture secondary to trivial injury. All the patients underwent routine preoperative sitting lateral spine radiograph, supine stress lateral spine radiograph, and supine anteroposterior spine radiograph.
Study Design: A prospective cohort study.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of an accelerated recovery protocol for Asian adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion (PSF).
Summary Of Background Data: There has been successful implementation of an accelerated recovery protocol for AIS patients undergoing PSF in the western population.