Background Deep learning has been validated as a promising technique for automatic
segmentation and rapid three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of lumbosacral structures on …

Background: Assessing the 3-dimensional (3D) relationship between critical anatomical
structures and the surgical channel can help select percutaneous endoscopic lumbar …

Background: Identifying pain generators in multilevel lumbar degenerative disc disease is
not trivial but is crucial for lasting symptom relief with the targeted endoscopic spinal …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: 3D reconstruction of a targeted area (“safe” triangle and
Kambin triangle) may benefit the viability assessment of transforaminal epidural steroid …

Background: Segmentation of spinal structures is important in medical imaging analysis,
which facilitates surgeons to plan a preoperative trajectory for the transforaminal approach …

Objective 3D reconstruction of lumbar intervertebral foramen (LIVF) has been beneficial in
evaluating surgical trajectory. Still, the current methods of reconstructing the 3D LIVF model …

Purpose Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) is one of the most
common minimally invasive surgery methods used in clinic in recent years. In this study, we …

Abstract Background Context There is considerable variability in patient-reported outcome
measures following surgery for lumbar disc herniation. Individualized prediction tools that …

Study Design Retrospective study. Objectives To develop machine learning (ML) models to
predict recurrent lumbar disc herniation (rLDH) following percutaneous endoscopic lumbar …

Background Facetectomy, an important procedure in the in–out and out–in techniques of
transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy (TELD), is related to the deterioration of the …