Publications by authors named "Xin-Bo Wu"
Background: The technique of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) as a transforaminal approach has been used to treat highly migrated lower lumbar disc herniations. However, due to the different anatomic characteristics of the upper lumbar spine, conventional transforaminal PELD may fail to remove the highly migrated upper lumbar disc nucleus pulposus. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to describe a novel surgical technique, two-level PELD, for the treatment of highly migrated upper lumbar disc herniations and to report its related clinical outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study aimed to compare the learning curves of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) in a transforaminal approach at the L4/5 and L5/S1 levels.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the first 60 cases at the L4/5 level (Group I) and the first 60 cases at the L5/S1 level (Group II) of PELD performed by one spine surgeon. The patients were divided into subgroups A, B, and C (Group I: A cases 1-20, B cases 21-40, C cases 41-60; Group II: A cases 1-20, B cases 21-40, C cases 41-60).
[Analysis of function and related impact factors after operation of femoral neck fracture for patients aged less than sixty years].
Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
October 2011
Objective: To investigate function and related impact factors after operation of femoral neck fracture for patients aged less than sixty years.
Methods: In our study,93 patients aged less than sixty years with femoral neck fractures receiving operation from April 2001 to August 2009 and having complete follow-up data were evaluated in terms of age, sex, co-diseases, side of bone fracture, type of bone fracture (Garden classification), time between injury and operation, operation procedures, operation time, time in bed, removal internal fixation and function score during follow-up period. Nonparametric test, rank correlation analysis and Logistic regression analysis were used by SPSS 13.