Effect of an Outer Sleeve on an Inflatable Balloon Tamp in Terms of Height Restoration Under Simulated Physiological Load.

Study Design: An in vitro biomechanical study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of an optional sleeve on height restoration and compare it with the fracture reduction achieved by a commercially available inflatable bone tamp under simulated physiological load (110 N).

Summary Of Background Data: Loss of reduction after bone tamp deflation before cement injection still remains a concern.

An In Vitro Evaluation of Fracture Reduction Achieved by Inflatable Bone Tamps Under Simulated Physiological Load.

Study Design: An in vitro biomechanical study.

Objective: To determine the fracture reduction achieved by a novel inflatable bone tamp under simulated physiological load.

Summary Of Background Data: Previous biomechanical studies have showed that kyphoplasty allows near-total restoration of lost vertebral height in unloaded conditions and partial height restoration under simulated physiological loads.

The da Vinci robotic surgical assisted anterior lumbar interbody fusion: technical development and case report.

Study Design: Technique development to use the da Vince Robotic Surgical System for anterior lumbar interbody fusion at L5-S1 is detailed. A case report is also presented.

Objective: To evaluate and develop the da Vinci robotic assisted laparoscopic anterior lumbar stand-alone interbody fusion procedure.

Anterior lumbar fusion with paired BAK standard and paired BAK Proximity cages: subsidence incidence, subsidence factors, and clinical outcome.

Background Context: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedures have a known incidence of subsidence. The individual risk of subsidence for specific lumbar levels in ALIF procedures has not been determined.

Purpose: To evaluate the incidence of subsidence with two ALIF constructs.