No added value of 2-year radiographic follow-up of fusion surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Purpose: For fusion surgery in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) consensus exists that a 2-year radiographic follow-up assessment is needed. This standard lacks empirical evidence. The purpose of this study was to investigate the radiographic follow-up after corrective surgery in AIS, from pre-until 2 years postoperative.

PEEK Cages in Lumbar Fusion: Mid-term Clinical Outcome and Radiologic Fusion.

Study Design: Historical cohort analysis.

Objective: Evaluation of mid-term clinical outcome and radiologic fusion in patients treated with a polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage.

Summary Of Background Data: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion can be a good alternative in chronic low back pain when conservative treatment fails.

Recovery of TES-MEPs during surgical decompression of the spine: a case series of eight patients.

Purpose: This study aimed to illustrate the recovery of transcranial electrical stimulation motor evoked potentials during surgical decompression of the spinal cord in patients with impaired motor function preoperatively. Specific attention was paid to the duration of neurologic symptoms before surgery and the postoperative clinical recovery.

Methods: A case series of eight patients was selected from a cohort of 74 patients that underwent spine surgery.

Good functional outcome and adjacent segment disc quality 10 years after single-level anterior lumbar interbody fusion with posterior fixation.

We reviewed the records of a prospective consecutive cohort to evaluate the clinical performance of anterior lumbar interbody fusion with a titanium box cage and posterior fixation, with emphasis on long-term functional outcome. Thirty-two patients with chronic low back pain underwent anterior lumbar interbody fusion and posterior fixation. Radiological and functional results (visual analogue scale [VAS] and Oswestry score) were evaluated.

A short, intensive cognitive behavioral pain management program reduces health-care use in patients with chronic low back pain: two-year follow-up results of a prospective cohort.

Purpose: Cognitive behavioral interventions are recommended as non-invasive treatment options for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, most treatment effects are small and short-lived. Although a 2-week intensive pain management program for patients with CLBP seems to be effective, the long-term results are not known.