[HTML][HTML] Demographic, clinical, and operative risk factors associated with postoperative adjacent segment disease in patients undergoing lumbar spine fusions: a …

MK Mesregah, B Yoshida, N Lashkari, A Abedi… - The Spine Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Adjacent segment disease (ASD) is a potential complication
following lumbar spinal fusion. Purpose This study aimed to demonstrate the demographic …

Obesity and spine surgery: a qualitative review about outcomes and complications. Is it time for new perspectives on future researches?

F Cofano, GD Perna, D Bongiovanni… - Global Spine …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Literature review. Objectives: An increasing number of obese patients
requires operative care for degenerative spinal disorders. The aim of this review is to …

[HTML][HTML] Minimally invasive versus open lumbar spinal fusion: a matched study investigating patient-reported and surgical outcomes

J Mooney, GD Michalopoulos, MA Alvi… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE With the expanding indications for and increasing popularity of minimally
invasive surgery (MIS) for lumbar spinal fusion, large-scale outcomes analysis to compare …

Full-endoscopic technique mitigates obesity-related perioperative morbidity of minimally invasive lumbar decompression

J Bergquist, ME Greil, SSS Khalsa, Y Sun… - European Spine …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Obesity is associated with increased surgical complexity and postoperative
complications in spine surgery. Minimally invasive procedures have been shown to lessen …

Risk factors for wound-related complications after surgery for primary and metastatic spine tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AT Schilling, J Ehresman, S Huq, AK Ahmed… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective We systematically reviewed the literature to compare risk factors for postoperative
complications at the surgical wound site in primary and metastatic tumor operations …

A clinical nomogram for predicting the residual low back pain after percutaneous endoscopic surgery for lumbar disc herniation

D Zhong, Z Ke, Q Chen, Y Liu, L Lin, Y Wang - International Orthopaedics, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Current findings suggest that minimally percutaneous endoscopic lumbar
discectomy (PELD) is a practical therapeutic approach for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) …

Assessing the impact of obesity on full endoscopic spine surgery: surgical site infections, surgery durations, early complications, and short-term functional outcomes

J Leyendecker, B Benedict, C Gumbs, P Eysel… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE An increasing number of obese patients undergoing elective spine surgery has
been reported. Obesity has been associated with a substantially higher number of surgical …

Predicting in-hospital complications after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a comparison of the Elixhauser and Charlson comorbidity indices

WA Ranson, SN Neifert, ZB Cheung, CM Mikhail… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to determine the ability of the Elixhauser
Comorbidity Index (ECI) and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict postoperative …

Does body mass index influence long-term outcomes after anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty?

CA White, AV Patel, CM Cirino, KC Wang… - Journal of Shoulder and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background As of 2018, upwards of 42% of the US adult population was considered obese
based on body mass index (BMI) scales. With the annual number of total joint replacements …

[HTML][HTML] Harvesting anterior iliac crest or calvarial bone grafts to augment severely resorbed edentulous jaws: a systematic review and meta-analysis of patient …

DE Wortmann, B Van Minnen, K Delli… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this systematic review was to compare patient-reported outcomes after harvesting
calvarial or anterior iliac crest bone grafts to repair severe jaw defects and enable implant …