Publications by authors named "You Wei Adriel Tay"

Article Synopsis
  • Young patients under 50 with degenerative lumbar spondylosis are increasingly seeking surgical treatment, but there's limited understanding of their post-surgery outcomes compared to older patients.
  • The study aims to evaluate how many of these younger patients achieve significant improvement in pain and function after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, alongside the rates of complications and reoperations, as well as the success of radiographic fusion.
  • A retrospective analysis of 83 patients under 50 years, out of a larger group, assessed their clinical outcomes and complications for at least two years post-surgery, with various pain measurement tools being used to gauge effectiveness.
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Aims: While patients with psychological distress have poorer short-term outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), their longer-term function is unknown. We aimed to 1) assess the influence of preoperative mental health status on long-term functional outcomes, quality of life, and patient satisfaction; and 2) analyze the change in mental health after TKA, in a cohort of patients with no history of mental health disorder, with a minimum of ten years' follow-up.

Methods: Prospectively collected data of 122 patients undergoing primary unilateral TKA in 2006 were reviewed.

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Background: Although several studies have suggested that minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) may be especially beneficial in the elderly population due to lower operative morbidity and faster postoperative recovery, there are limited studies investigating the functional outcomes, quality of life, and satisfaction in elderly patients after MIS-TLIF. Furthermore, existing studies had substantial clinical, diagnostic, and surgical heterogeneity.

Questions/purposes: We asked if elderly patients could experience comparable (1) patient-reported pain, disability and quality of life, (2) perioperative complications, and (3) radiological fusion rates as their younger counterparts after MIS-TLIF.

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Objective: Patient-specific templates promises to be able to increase alignment while decreasing operative time, increasing patient throughput, decreasing instrumentation, reducing risk of fat embolism and intraoperative bleeding, decreasing tissue loss, shortening recovery, reducing post-operative pain and decreasing incidence of infection. However, multiple studies have shown conflicting results regarding these potential benefits. This study serves to critically evaluate the potential advantages and disadvantages of using a patient-specific templating technique through a single-surgeon study.

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Background: Routine pre-operative group cross-match (GXM) and post-operative haemoglobin level measurements are performed for all total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients in many institutions. We aimed to determine whether this practice is justified, and to identify predictors for post-operative transfusion.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review was performed on 226 TKA procedures performed between Jan.

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Introduction: The world's population is ageing and the elderly population itself is growing older. This population shows a high incidence of hip fractures. We performed a retrospective study, reviewing the functional status, postoperative complications and mortality rate of nonagenarians who underwent surgery for hip fracture.

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