期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (7)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Infection around intervertebral fusion cages can be intractable because of the avascular nature of the intervertebral disc space. ......
期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (8)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Many risk factors for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) have been reported. However, there are few reports on t......
期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (7)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Previous studies have found that cervical sagittal parameters and spinal cord compression are important risk factors for cervical ......
期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (7)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Surgical treatment is indicated for symptomatic thoracic ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), and circumferenti......
期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (3)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: In the treatment of multiple disc herniations, the decision of whether to include the presumed asymptomatic lumbar disc herniation......
期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (2)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Previous studies have reported conflicting results for the relationships between anthropometric adiposity indexes and bone mineral......
期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (2)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Tranexamic acid (TXA) is widely used in surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and has been proved to be efficacious in......
期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (2)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion (ACAF) is a novel surgical technique for the treatment of ossification of the po......
期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (1)
BACKGROUND: Low-tension traction is more effective than high-tension traction in restoring the height and rehydration of a degenerated disc and to som......
期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (1)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The lowest instrumented vertebra (LIV) determination in Lenke type 5 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) requires a thorough und......
期刊: SPINE JOURNAL, 2021; 21 (1)
BACKGROUND: Current evidence suggests that dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans, the conventional method defining osteoporosis, is underutiliz......