Ante-Psoas Approach for Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Oct 22, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Ante-Psoas Approach for Lumbar Interbody Fusion

(1) Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (2) Department of Spine Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital, New York, NY, USA   KeywordsPosterior lumbar interbody fusionTransforaminal lumbar…

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Iliac and S2AI Fixation

Oct 22, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Iliac and S2AI Fixation

(1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA   KeywordsIliumSacroiliacS2AIFixationDeformityIliac boltS2 alar iliacLumbopelvic Pelvic instrumentation in the form of iliac bolts [1] or S2AI screws…

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Lumbar Interbody Fusion L3–L4, L4–L5

Oct 22, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Lumbar Interbody Fusion L3–L4, L4–L5

(1) Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (2) Wake Orthopaedics, WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, NC, USA   KeywordsLateral lumbar interbody fusionExtreme lateral interbody fusionLumbosacral…

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Lumber Decompressions

Oct 22, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Lumber Decompressions

and Peter Grunert2 (1) Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA (2) Astria Health Center, Yakima, WA, USA   KeywordsSoft discLumbar stenosisRadiculopathyImagingRedo discectomyRedo laminotomy/laminectomy Overview There is a significant chance that a…

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Cervical Positioning

Oct 22, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Cervical Positioning

(1) Department of Orthopaedics, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA   KeywordsCervicalPosteriorSurgeryPositioningSetupComplicationsMayfieldEquipmentEvaluation Introduction Surgical positioning of patients who are to undergo posterior cervical surgery is complicated and needs to…

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Thoracic Instrumentation for Scoliosis

Oct 22, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Thoracic Instrumentation for Scoliosis

, William D. Zelenty1 and Daniel M. Dean1 (1) Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA   KeywordsAdult/adolescent idiopathic scoliosisThoracic scoliosisPedicle screw instrumentation Introduction Both adult scoliosis and adolescent idiopathic…

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Tumor Stabilization

Oct 22, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Tumor Stabilization

, Emre Yilmaz1 and Tamir A. Tawfik1 (1) Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA   KeywordsMetastatic spine diseaseTumorMetastasis Introduction Metastatic Spine Tumors In the United States there are about 1.2…

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Disc Arthroplasty

Oct 22, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Disc Arthroplasty

(1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Georgetown Univeristy Hospital, Washington, DC, USA (2) School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA   KeywordsCervical disc arthroplasty (CDA)Total disc arthroplasty (TDA)Cervical disc…

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Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Oct 22, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

and J. Alex Thomas2 (1) The Jordan Young Institute, Virginia Beach, VA, USA (2) Atlantic Neurosurgical and Spine Specialists, Wilmington, NC, USA   KeywordsLumbar fusionPosterior lumbar interbody fusionTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionRadiation reductionPedicle…

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Microdiscectomy

Oct 22, 2020 by in ORTHOPEDIC Comments Off on Microdiscectomy

, Joshua T. Wewel1 and John E. O’Toole1 (1) Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA   KeywordsLumbar disc herniationMicrodiscectomyMinimally invasive spine surgery Introduction Low back pain (LBP) is one of…

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