Publications by authors named "Sidhant S Dalal"
Article Synopsis
- The study is a retrospective analysis of data from multiple surgeons aiming to understand the frequency and effects of subsidence in patients who underwent expandable minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF).
- Out of 148 patients analyzed, 14.9% experienced subsidence, with some trends indicating older age, lower bone density, and higher body mass index in these patients, though these findings were not always statistically significant.
- Patients with subsidence showed worse outcomes in pain relief and achieving a satisfactory symptom state in the long term compared to those without subsidence, suggesting a notable clinical impact of this complication.
Study Design: Retrospective chart review.
Objective: Identify demographic and sagittal alignment parameters that are independently associated with femoral nerve position at the L4-L5 disk space.
Summary Of Background Data: Iatrogenic femoral nerve or lumbar plexus injury during lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) can result in neurological complications.
Study Design: Retrospective review of prospectively collected data.
Objective: To analyze the postoperative factors that led delayed discharge in patients who would have been eligible for ambulatory lumbar fusion (ALF).
Summary Of Background Data: Assessing postoperative inefficiencies is vital to increase the feasibility of ALF.
Background Context: Published rates for disc reherniation following primary discectomy are around 6%, but the ultimate reoperation outcomes in patients after receiving revision discectomy are not well understood. Additionally, any disparity in the outcomes of subsequent revision discectomy (SRD) versus subsequent lumbar fusion (SLF) following primary/revision discectomy remains poorly studied.
Purpose: To determine the 8-year SRD/SLF rates and time until SRD/SLF after primary/revision discectomy respectively.
Background Context: Poor muscle health has been implicated as a source of back pain among patients with lumbar spine pathology. Recently, a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based lumbar muscle health grade was shown to correlate with health-related quality of life scores. However, the impact of muscle health on postoperative functional outcomes following spine surgery remains to be investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Objective: To determine association between preoperative Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Physical Function (PROMIS-PF) scores with postoperative pain, narcotics consumption, and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) following single-level lumbar microdiscectomy.
Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent single-level lumbar microdiscectomy were identified from May 2017-May 2020.