Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery & Technique (JMISST) is the official journal Korean Society (KOMISS) for publication research results about minimally invasive spinal surgery (MISS), including studies in endoscopic surgery, procedure degenerative spine disease, pain intervention, and fusion or trauma, neuroscience, neurology, molecular biology biomechanics etc. Articles with helpful ...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE To determine whether minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) using the tubular retractor system reduces the approach-related morbidity inherent in conventional open surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Posterior lumbar fusion using the tubular retractor system has been reported and described well. Supporters have claim...

nasogastric tube (ng) insertion is a usual technique in any neonatal intensive care unit. this procedure is undertaken for the children who are in need of invasive care. sometimes, the insertion of nasogastric tube in infants with esophagus friable anatomy tissues may have some dangerous side effect, but such problems are not very common. esophageal perforation is a rare but known complication ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the epidemiological characteristics of postoperative invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection following 4 types of major surgical procedures.design. Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Eleven hospitals (9 community hospitals and 2 tertiary care hospitals) in North Carolina and Virginia. PATIENTS Adults undergoing orthopedic, neurosurgical, cardiothoracic, and plastic ...

Sputum induction is a procedure used to help patients expectorate samples of sputum for laboratory analysis. It is a simple, safe and standardised procedure which may avoid the use of more invasive and potentially harmful interventions such as fibreoptic bronchoscopy. This article gives an overview of the uses in particular categories of patients, arguments for and against the procedure, and so...

Pectus excavatum, the concave depression of the breast bone, comprises most chest wall anomalies. The Nuss procedure, a minimally invasive procedure to correct pectus excavatum, has revolutionized the management of this disease over the past decade. The results and complications of this procedure are discussed. The surgical management of the less common pectus carinatum or "pigeon breast" also ...

BACKGROUND The intensive practice style of hospitals with high procedure rates may result in higher costs of care for medically managed patients. We sought to determine how costs for patients with heart failure (HF) not receiving procedures compare between hospital groups defined by their overall use of procedures. METHODS AND RESULTS We identified all 2009 to 2010 adult HF hospitalizations i...

background: transcatheter occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus (pda) is a minimally invasive treatment. the appropriate device size is chosen based on the angiographic measurement of the pda . the current study aimed to assess the relationship between the transthoracic echocardiographic (tte) measurements of the pda prior to the occlusion procedure and the actual size of the deployed devic...

Coronary heart disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death specially among elderly. Coronary angiography is the best diagnostic method in the patients, but is unfortunately an invasive procedure with its inherent risks. Myocardial perfusion scan is a noninvasive and sensitive method for evaluation of CAD and is suggested by many investigators in recent years. In this study, 64 patients wh...