Are We Looking at a Paradigm Shift in the Management of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? Comprehensive Retrospective Analysis of 75 Patients of Nonfusion Anterior Scoliosis Correction with 2-5-Year Follow-up: A Single Center Experience.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcomes of nonfusion anterior scoliosis correction (NFASC) in patients with idiopathic scoliosis and comprehensively analyze its principles.

Overview Of Literature: NFASC is a novel revolutionary motion-preserving surgery for idiopathic scoliosis.

Comparative Analysis of Unilateral versus Bilateral Instrumentation in TLIF for Lumbar Degenerative Disorder: Single Center Large Series.

Background: Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) with bilateral pedicle screw instrumentation is a well-accepted technique in lumbar degenerative disc disorder. Unilateral instrumentation in TLIF has been reported in the literature. This study aims to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes of unilateral and bilateral instrumented TLIF in a selected series of patients.

Efficacy of Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering in Skeletally Mature Children with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Preliminary Report.

Background: Anterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT) offers a dynamic fusionless correction option for children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Few existing clinical studies evaluating novel AVBT in skeletally immature children have questioned the midterm efficacy with concerns of overcorrection and curve progression with remaining growth. The current study investigates the effect of this technique in skeletally mature children (Risser ≥ 4 and Sanders ≥ 7) with AIS with limited remaining growth potential.

Resurgence of the Role of Computed-Tomography Myelogram in the Era of MRI for Surgical Decision-Making of Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disorder.

Background: Since the introduction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) into clinical practice in the mid-1980s, the role of computed tomography myelography (CTM) has become less important in spinal diagnostics but remains a method that is probably even superior to MRI for special clinical issues. The study aims to report the diagnostic utility of CTM as an adjunct to MRI in lumbar degenerative disc disorder (DDD).

Methods: Included were 20 patients who presented with symptomatic DDD but with MRI findings that did not correlate with the clinical features.

Do Intraoperative Neurophysiological Changes During Decompressive Surgery for Cervical Myeloradiculopathy Affect Functional Outcome? A Prospective Study.

Study Design: Prospective cohort.

Objective: To investigate whether intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) positive changes affect functional outcome after surgical intervention for myeloradiculopathy secondary to cervical compressive pathology (cervical compressive myelopathy).

Methods: Twenty-eight patients who underwent cervical spine surgery with IONM for compressive myeloradiculopathy were enrolled.