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Closing the Gap: The Incidence of Complications in Minimally Invasive Tubular, Endoscopic, and Robotic-Assisted Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Procedures.
World Neurosurg
September 2024
Gerling Institute-New York Orthopedics, Brooklyn, New York, USA; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address:
Article Synopsis
- The study compared postoperative complications in three minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF): tubular, endoscopic, and robot-assisted.
- All three techniques had similar complication rates within the first two weeks, but tubular TLIF showed a lower incidence of new neurologic symptoms compared to the other two methods.
- Patient-reported outcomes improved over time for all groups, with no significant differences between the techniques regarding preoperative and postoperative results.
Post-Operative Complications Associated with Long-Term NSAID or Long-Term Opioid Use Prior to Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg
January 2024
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California Department of Orthopedics, Los Angeles, California.
Objective: Lower back pain (LBP) has been implicated as a significant cause of chronic pain in the United States, often requiring analgesic use. In this study, we investigate the trends in long-term preoperative NSAID (LTN) and Opioid (LTO) use in patients with low back pain in the United States, and the resultant postoperative complications following lumbar fusion.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study of patients with lumbar pathologies, multivariate population-based regression models were developed using the 2010-2017 National Readmission Database.
The potential reversibility of Cutibacterium acnes-related disc degeneration: a rabbit model.
Spine J
May 2023
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Gerling Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address:
Clinical risk factors associated with the development of adjacent segment disease in patients undergoing ACDF: A systematic review.
Spine J
January 2023
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Article Synopsis
- Cervical fusion surgery for degenerative disorders poses a risk of adjacent segment disease (ASD), which can necessitate further surgery, and various clinical and radiographic factors might influence this risk.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of existing literature identified 10 relevant studies out of 6,850 records, evaluating potential risk factors associated with ASD after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF).
- Key findings indicated that factors such as older age, congenital/developmental stenosis, and preoperative scores on neck and arm pain scales were statistically significant in predicting ASD, while other factors like gender, BMI, and smoking showed no significant impact.
The incidence of failed back surgery syndrome varies between clinical setting and procedure type.
J Clin Neurosci
September 2022
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Background: Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a significant cause of lumbar disability and is associated with severe patient morbidity. As the etiology of FBSS is not completely elucidated, the risk factors and evaluation of patients with FBSS remains challenging. Our analysis of a wide variety of operation types, clinical setting, and their correlation to FBSS seeks to allow fellow clinicians to be aware of the potential risk factors that leads to this devastating diagnosis.
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