Aims.
Aims. Repeated
In a prospective observational study we compared the two-year outcome of
Aims. As the population ages and the surgical complexity of
Aims. To identify the incidence and risk factors for five-year same-site recurrent disc herniation (sRDH) after primary single-level
Aims. Chronic low back pain due to degenerative disc disease is sometimes treated with fusion. We compared the outcome of three different fusion techniques in the Swedish Spine Register: noninstrumented posterolateral fusion (PLF), instrumented posterolateral fusion (IPLF), and interbody fusion (IBF). Patients and Methods. A total of 2874 patients who were operated on at one or two
Aims. The aim of this study was to reassess the rate of neurological, psoas-related, and abdominal complications associated with L4-L5 lateral
Aims. The aim of this study was to determine the differences in spinal imaging characteristics between subjects with or without
Aims. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of repeat epidural steroid injections as a form of treatment for patients with insufficiently controlled or recurrent radicular pain due to a
The aim of this study was to determine whether
obesity affects pain, surgical and functional outcomes following lumbar
spinal fusion for low back pain (LBP). A systematic literature review and meta-analysis was made of
those studies that compared the outcome of
Aims. Our aim was to perform a systematic review of the literature
to assess the incidence of post-operative epidural haematomas and
wound infections after one-, or two-level, non-complex,
Clinical, radiological, and Scoliosis Research
Society-22 questionnaire data were reviewed pre-operatively and
two years post-operatively for patients with thoracolumbar/lumbar
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated by posterior spinal fusion
using a unilateral convex segmental pedicle screw technique. A total
of 72 patients were included (67 female, 5 male; mean age at surgery
16.7 years (13 to 23)) and divided into groups: group 1 included
53 patients who underwent fusion between the vertebrae at the limit
of the curve (proximal and distal end vertebrae); group 2 included
19 patients who underwent extension of the fusion distally beyond
the caudal end vertebra. A mean scoliosis correction of 80% (45% to 100%) was achieved.
The mean post-operative lowest instrumented vertebra angle, apical
vertebra translation and trunk shift were less than in previous
studies. A total of five pre-operative radiological parameters differed
significantly between the groups and correlated with the extension
of the fusion distally: the size of the thoracolumbar/
Aims. The aim of this study was to explore risk factors for complications associated with dural tear (DT), including the types of DT, and the intra- and postoperative management of DT. Patients and Methods. Between 2012 and 2017, 12 171 patients with degenerative
Aims. To study the associations of
Aims. A total of 30 patients with thoracolumbar/
Low back injuries account for the greatest loss of playing time for professional fast bowlers in cricket. Previous radiological studies have shown a high prevalence of degeneration of the
There have been a few reports of patients with
a combination of
Despite the increasing prevalence of sleep apnoea,
little information is available regarding its impact on the peri-operative
outcome of patients undergoing posterior
We evaluated the impact of
We carried out an MRI study of the