Surgery of temporal lobe epilepsy is the best opportunity for seizure freedom in medically
intractable patients. The surgical approach has evolved to recognize the paramount …

Study Design: Broad narrative review. Objective: To review and summarize the current
literature on guidelines, outcomes, techniques and indications surrounding multiple …

Management of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) represents the first cause of spinal surgery for
the elderly and will increase with the aging population. Although the surgery improves …

Background Different constructs are applied in revision surgery (RS) for adjacent segment
disease (ASD) aiming to further decompress and fixate the affected segment (s) in two ways …

Objectives The incidence and adverse events of postoperative blood transfusion in spinal
tuberculosis (TB) have attracted increasing attention. Our purpose was to develop a …

OBJECTIVE There has been a generic dictum in spine and musculoskeletal clinical
research that a minimum 2-year follow-up is necessary for patient-reported outcomes …

Evidence-based standardization of the perioperative management of patients undergoing
complex spine surgery can improve outcomes such as enhanced patient satisfaction …

Early identification of a patient with a high risk of blood transfusion during brain tumor
resection surgery is difficult but critical for implementing preoperative blood-saving …

Objective To determine risk factors for perioperative blood transfusion after lumbar fusion
surgery. Methods After institutional review board approval, a retrospective cohort study of …

Background: Accurate estimation of perioperative blood transfusion risk in lumbar posterior
interbody fusion is essential to reduce the number, cost, and complications associated with …