This study is designed based on the retrospective analysis of patients treated in the
Neurosurgical Department of two major hospitals and review of the literature. The aim of this …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Lumbar intraspinal synovial cysts are an important cause of
axial and radicular spine pain. Controversy about nonsurgical versus surgical treatment …

Study Design. A case–control retrospective analysis comparing patients who developed a
postoperative spinal epidural hematoma with patients who did not develop this complication …

Object A dural tear resulting in a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is a well-known risk of
lumbar spinal procedures. The authors hypothesized that the incidence of CSF leakage is …

Sophisticated and newer imaging capabilities have resulted in increased reporting and
treatment options of spinal lumbar synovial cysts (LSS). Most of the patients with lumbar …

OBJECTIVE: Synovial cysts are a rare cause of lumbar radiculopathy and back pain.
Surgical treatment is directed at complete excision of the cyst. We used minimally invasive …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: With improvements in neurological imaging, there are
increasing reports of symptomatic spinal synovial cysts. Surgical excision has been …

Objective: Our aim was to study the outcomes and results of surgically treated patients with
synovial cysts of the lumbar spine in our institution. Methods: Retrospective data from 39 …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Lumbar facet joint synovial cysts are benign degenerative
abnormalities of the lumbar spine. Previous reports have supported operative and …

Background. Synovial cysts represent an uncommon and probably underestimated
pathological entity of the degenerative lumbar spine. The authors report a retrospective …