STUDY DESIGN Prospective population-based cohort study. OBJECTIVE To identify early predictors of lumbar spine surgery within 3 years after occupational back injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Back injuries are the most prevalent occupational injury in the United States. Few prospective studies have examined early predictors of spine surgery after work-related back injury. METHODS Using D...

Patient safety regarding wrong site surgery has been one of the priority issues in surgical fields including that of spine care. Since the wrong-side surgery in the DM foot patient was reported on a public mass media in 1996, the wrong-site surgery issue has attracted wide public interest as regarding patient safety. Despite the many wrong-site surgery prevention campaigns in spine care such as...

OBJECT Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for vertebral metastases has emerged as a promising technique, offering high rates of symptom relief and local control combined with low risk of toxicity. Nonetheless, local failure or vertebral instability may occur after spine SBRT, generating the need for subsequent surgery in the irradiated region. This study evaluated whether there is an increas...

Background Data: Awake spine surgery has been an area of increasing interest, but it is still relatively uncommon.

Chief of Spine Surgery and Orthopedic Casualties, Alrazi Hospital; Chairman of Faculty Orthopedics and Post Graduate Training, Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS), Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Canadian Board Certified, P.O. Box 1160, Surra 45712, Kuwait *Corresponding author Abdulrazzaq Alobaid, MD, FRCSC Chief of Spine Surgery and Orthopedic Casualties Alrazi Hospital; Chairman of ...

1Depatment of Oncologic and Degenerative Spine Surgery, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, 40136 Bologna, Italy 2 Spine Center Munich, Orthopedic Hospital München-Harlaching, Grünwalderstr aße 51, 81547, Munich, Germany 3Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 4Department of Neurosurgery, The University of ...

in this study to determine whether spine stiffness is predictive of clinical results after lumbar spinal fusion for spinal stenosis, a total of 78 patients were measured intraoperatively with kocher clamp manual distraction technique to determine motion segment stiffness then spinal fusion was performed for any loose segment. ‎statistical analysis revealed that stiffness measurement correlate w...

Minimally invasive procedures become increasingly popular due to their potential advantages. The correct choice of access to the operation area is essential for a safe and successful surgery. Besides traditional training options (e.g. cadaver-based,) virtual training systems gain importance due to their flexibility and cost efficiency. We developed a novel 3D interaction method to improve the u...

Study Design Retrospective evaluation of prospectively collected data. Objective To evaluate infection rates following intrawound vancomycin powder application during spine tumor surgery. Methods Patients ≥18 years old undergoing spine tumor surgery and receiving intrawound vancomycin powder at a single center between January 2008 and January 2015 were enrolled. Patient demographics (age, sex, ...