Publications by authors named "Su-Yang Zhuang"
Study Design: Retrospective study.
Objectives: Our objective is to create comprehensible machine learning (ML) models that can forecast bone cement leakage in percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA) for individuals with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) while also identifying the associated risk factors.
Methods: We incorporated data from patients (n = 425) which underwent PVA.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to identify risk factors for reoperation after percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) due to recurrent lumbar disc herniation (rLDH) and develop individualized prediction models.
- Using data from 2,603 patients, six machine learning methods were employed, finding that factors like disc herniation type and Modic changes significantly influenced reoperation risk.
- The XGBoost model demonstrated superior prediction accuracy (90.71% AUC) compared to traditional logistic regression (77.4% AUC), highlighting the importance of these risk factors for patient outcomes.
Background: Cooled radiofrequency procedure is a novel minimally invasive surgical technique and has been occasionally utilized in managing chronic sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain. A meta-analysis was conducted to systematically assess the efficacy and safety of using cooled radiofrequency in treating patients with chronic SIJ pain in terms of pain and disability relief, patients' satisfaction degree as well as complications.
Methods: Studies of using cooled radiofrequency procedure in managing SIJ pain were retrieved from Medline and Web of Science according to inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Study Design: Retrospective, case control evaluation of 86 patients who underwent microendoscopic discectomy (MED) and percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation (LDH).
Purpose: To evaluate the safety and the outcomes of MED and PTED for the treatment of LDH.
Overview Of Literature: MED and PTED are minimally invasive surgical techniques for lower back pain.
Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the curative effects of transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) on intervertebral disc regeneration and to investigate the feasibility of the quantitative T2 mapping method for evaluating repair of the nucleus pulposus after implantation of BMSCs.
Methods: Forty-eight New Zealand white rabbits were used to establish the lumber disc degenerative model by stabbing the annulus fibrosus and then randomly divided into four groups, i.e.
Objective: To design a new type of interbody fusion device made of nickel titanium NiTi shape memory alloy and to compare segmental stiffness after various posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) procedures in vitro and in vivo.
Methods: Twelve sheep lumbar functional spinal units were randomly allocated to four groups. One acted as controls (N); the other three were treated with autogenous iliac crest bone dowel graft (L), a threaded cylindrical titanium (KC) interbody fusion device (TFC) or a new type of interbody fusion device made of NiTi shape memory alloy (NT) containing autogenous iliac crest graft.
Study Design: We performed an ex vivo study to observe cell morphology and viability of human nucleus pulposus (NP) chondrocytes isolated from degenerated intervertebral discs (IVD).
Purpose: To better understand the biological behavior of NP chondrocytes in monolayer cultures.
Overview Of Literature: Biological repair of IVDs by cell-based therapy has been shown to be feasible in clinical trials.
We assessed the long-term outcomes of patients with lumbar disc herniation treated with percutaneous lumbar discectomy (PLD) or microendoscopic discectomy (MED). A retrospective study was performed in consecutive patients with lumbar disc herniation treated with PLD (n = 129) or MED (n = 101) in a single hospital from January 2000 to March 2002. All patients were followed up with MacNab criteria and self-evaluation questionnaires comprising the Oswestry Disability Index and Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the long-term effects of percutaneous lumbar discectomy (PLD) and microendoscopic discectomy (MED) in treatment of lumbar disc herniation.
Methods: A questionnaire survey by letter and telephone was conducted among 104 patients undergoing PLD and 82 patients undergoing MED during January 2000 to March 2002, to investigate the Oswestry disability index (ODI), Short Form-36 (SF-36) score, and Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) score.
Results: The excellent/good rate (ODI score=0-20%) of the MED group was 79.