Lumbar Vertebrae

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "July Effect" Revisited: July Surgeries at Residency Training Programs are Associated with Equivalent Long-term Clinical Outcomes Following Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Surgery. 
  • "The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend": Unrecognized incidental findings on intraoperative computed tomography during spine instrumentation surgery. 
  • 2012 Young Investigator Award winner: The distribution of body mass as a significant risk factor for lumbar spinal fusion postoperative infections. 
  • A 1-y walking program and increased dietary calcium in postmenopausal women: effects on bone. 
  • A Comparison of Minimally Invasive and Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Grade 1 Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: An Analysis of the Prospective Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • A Comparison of Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Accuracy Between Robotic Navigation and Novel Fluoroscopy-Based Instrument Tracking for Patients Undergoing Instrumented Thoracolumbar Surgery. 
  • A Multicenter Evaluation of Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes Following High-grade Spondylolisthesis Reduction and Fusion. 
  • A Novel Tool for Deformity Surgery Planning: Determining the Magnitude of Lordotic Correction Required to Achieve a Desired Sagittal Vertical Axis. 
  • A Radiographic Analysis of Lumbar Fusion Status and Instrumentation Failure After Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery With Spinopelvic Fixation: Two-Year Follow-up From the Scoli-Risk-1 Prospective Database. 
  • A comparative analysis of the prevalence and characteristics of cervical malalignment in adults presenting with thoracolumbar spine deformity based on variations in treatment approach over 2 years. 
  • A comparative effectiveness trial of postoperative management for lumbar spine surgery: changing behavior through physical therapy (CBPT) study protocol. 
  • A comparison of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and decompression alone for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. 
  • A cost analysis of bone morphogenetic protein versus autogenous iliac crest bone graft in single-level anterior lumbar fusion. 
  • A magnetic resonance imaging framework for quantifying intervertebral disc deformation in vivo: Reliability and application to diurnal variations in lumbar disc shape. 
  • A prospective, multi-institutional comparative effectiveness study of lumbar spine surgery in morbidly obese patients: does minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion result in superior outcomes? 
  • A randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of cyclical parathyroid hormone versus cyclical parathyroid hormone and sequential calcitonin to improve bone mass in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. 
  • A survey on the importance of lumbar coupling biomechanics in physiotherapy practice. 
  • Accuracy of computerized frameless stereotactic image-guided pedicle screw placement into previously fused lumbar spines. 
  • Alignment Risk Factors for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and the Effect of Lower Thoracic Junctional Tethers for Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • An analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database, Part 1. Disability, quality of life, and pain outcomes following lumbar spine surgery: predicting likely individual patient outcomes for shared decision-making. 
  • An analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database, Part 2. Predictive model for return to work after elective surgery for lumbar degenerative disease. 
  • An assessment of the reliability of the Scoliometer. 
  • An injectable and in situ-gelling biopolymer for sustained drug release following perineural administration. 
  • Analysis of Intraoperative Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Combined With Image Guidance for Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Anterior stabilization of three-column thoracolumbar spinal trauma. 
  • Approach Selection: Multiple Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion to Recreate Lumbar Lordosis Versus Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: When, Why, How? 
  • Are Exercise and Physical Therapy Common Forms of Conservative Management in the Year Before Lumbar Spine Surgery? 
  • Are Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons or Classical Open Spine Surgeons More Consistent with Their Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity? 
  • Assessment of apparent diffusion coefficient in normal and degenerated intervertebral lumbar disks: initial experience. 
  • Assessment of injury to the posterior ligamentous complex in thoracolumbar spine trauma. 
  • Assessment of injury to the thoracolumbar posterior ligamentous complex in the setting of normal-appearing plain radiography. 
  • Association between serum and urine biomarkers and lumbar spine individual radiographic features: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. 
  • Association of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with impaired functional status. 
  • Athletic performance outcomes following lumbar discectomy in professional basketball players. 
  • Automatic localization of target vertebrae in spine surgery: clinical evaluation of the LevelCheck registration algorithm. 
  • Avoiding Cardiovascular Collapse: Pediatric Cutaneous Mastocytosis and Anesthetic Challenges. 
  • Awake spinal anesthesia facilitates spine surgery in poor surgical candidates: A case series. 
  • Bilateral pulmonary emboli associated with intraoperative use of thrombin-based hemostatic matrix following lumbar spine interbody fusion. 
  • Bilateral transpedicular decompression and Harrington rod stabilization in the management of severe thoracolumbar burst fractures. 
  • Biomarkers and longitudinal changes in lumbar spine degeneration and low back pain: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. 
  • Biomarkers reflect differences in osteoarthritis phenotypes of the lumbar spine: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. 
  • Bone density and metabolism in children and adolescents with moderate to severe cerebral palsy. 
  • Bone mineral density, nutrient intake, and physical activity among young women from Uganda. 
  • Bouncing back after lumbar spine surgery: early postoperative resilience is associated with 12-month physical function, pain interference, social participation, and disability. 
  • CT accuracy of percutaneous versus open pedicle screw techniques: a series of 1609 screws. 
  • CT-guided lumbar nerve root injections: are we using the correct radiation dose settings? 
  • Can Surgeon Demographic Factors Predict Postoperative Complication Rates After Elective Spinal Fusion? 
  • Can a Minimal Clinically Important Difference Be Achieved in Elderly Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Who Undergo Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery? 
  • Cerebellar hemorrhage after spinal surgery: report of two cases and literature review. 
  • Cervical Spine Pedicle Screw Accuracy in Fluoroscopic, Navigated and Template Guided Systems-A Systematic Review. 
  • Changes in thoracic kyphosis negatively impact sagittal alignment after lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy: a comprehensive radiographic analysis. 
  • Classifying Patients Operated for Spondylolisthesis: A K-Means Clustering Analysis of Clinical Presentation Phenotypes. 
  • Clear fluid from a spinal fracture-dislocation does not always mean dural tear. A case report. 
  • Clinical and radiographic parameters that distinguish between the best and worst outcomes of scoliosis surgery for adults. 
  • Clinical implication of complications on patient perceived health status following spinal fusion surgery. 
  • Clinical outcomes following sublaminar decompression and instrumented fusion for lumbar degenerative spinal pathology. 
  • Clinical outcomes of extreme lateral interbody fusion in the treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis. 
  • Clinical, surgical, and molecular prognostic factors for survival after spinal sarcoma resection. 
  • Clinimetric Testing of the Lumbar Spine Instability Questionnaire. 
  • Cognitive-Behavioral-Based Physical Therapy for Patients With Chronic Pain Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. 
  • Commentary: Appropriate Use Criteria for Lumbar Degenerative Scoliosis: Developing Evidence-based Guidance for Complex Treatment Decisions. 
  • Commentary: Expandable Cage Technology-Transforaminal, Anterior, and Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Commentary: Safe Electromyography Stimulation Thresholds Within Kambin's Triangle During Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Comparative Analysis of Inpatient and Outpatient Interspinous Process Device Placement for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. 
  • Comparison of 2 Lumbar Manual Therapies on Temporal Summation of Pain in Healthy Volunteers. 
  • Comparison of Complications and Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes Between Nonobese and Obese Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Undergoing Minimally Invasive Surgery. 
  • Comparison of Segmental Lordosis and Global Spinopelvic Alignment After Single-Level Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion or Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Comparison of cost and complication rates for profiling hospital performance in lumbar fusion for spondylolisthesis. 
  • Comparison of patient and surgeon perceptions of adverse events after adult spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Comparison of superior-level facet joint violations during open and percutaneous pedicle screw placement. 
  • Complication avoidance and management in anterior lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Complication rates associated with open versus percutaneous pedicle screw instrumentation among patients undergoing minimally invasive interbody fusion for adult spinal deformity. 
  • Complication rates of three common spine procedures and rates of thromboembolism following spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. 
  • Complications, reoperation rates, and health-care cost following surgical treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis. 
  • Concurrent validity of a low-cost and time-efficient clinical sensory test battery to evaluate somatosensory dysfunction. 
  • Conditioned medium differentially regulates matrix protein gene expression in cells of the intervertebral disc. 
  • Confusion regarding mechanisms of injury in the setting of thoracolumbar spinal trauma: a survey of The Spine Trauma Study Group (STSG). 
  • Congenital abnormalities of the thoracic and lumbar spine. 
  • Congenital thoracolumbar spine deformities. 
  • Conservative Care in Lumbar Spine Surgery Trials: A Descriptive Literature Review. 
  • Contralateral radiculopathy after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Correlation of return to work with patient satisfaction after surgery for lumbar spondylolisthesis: an analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Cortical Bone Thickness of the Distal Part of the Tibia Predicts Bone Mineral Density. 
  • Cosmetic and functional outcomes following paramedian and anterolateral retroperitoneal access in anterior lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of adult lumbar scoliosis surgery: an as-treated analysis from the adult symptomatic scoliosis surgery trial with 5-year follow-up. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: experience with the NeuroPoint-SD registry. 
  • Decompression of Lumbar Central Spinal Canal Stenosis Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Defining the minimum clinically important difference for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: insights from the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Deformity Correction Through the Use of Reduction Towers: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. 
  • Degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Role of CT-myelography in the MR era. 
  • Degenerative lumbar scoliosis. 
  • Degenerative lumbar stenosis: the neurosurgical perspective. 
  • Degenerative lumbar stenosis: update. 
  • Determining the accuracy of caudal needle placement in children: a comparison of the swoosh test and ultrasonography. 
  • Development of Validated Computer-based Preoperative Predictive Model for Proximal Junction Failure (PJF) or Clinically Significant PJK With 86% Accuracy Based on 510 ASD Patients With 2-year Follow-up. 
  • Development of a Novel Cervical Deformity Surgical Invasiveness Index. 
  • Diabetes and early postoperative outcomes following lumbar fusion. 
  • Diagnostic utility of clinical tests for spinal dysfunction. 
  • Differences in the outcomes of anterior versus posterior interbody fusion surgery of the lumbar spine: a propensity score-controlled cohort analysis of 10,941 patients. 
  • Different Phenotypes of Osteoarthritis in the Lumbar Spine Reflected by Demographic and Clinical Characteristics: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. 
  • Diffusion-weighted imaging in a patient with vertebral and epidural abscesses. 
  • Direct repair of the pars interarticularis for spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis. 
  • Disc space infection: a case report with MRI diagnosis. 
  • Disc space infection: a case report with MRI diagnosis. 
  • Discharge destination influences risks of readmission and complications after lumbar spine surgery in severely disabled patients. 
  • Disparities in the outcomes of lumbar spinal stenosis surgery based on insurance status. 
  • Do obese patients have worse outcomes after direct lateral interbody fusion compared to non-obese patients? 
  • Does Order of Operation Matter in Patients Who Have Concomitant Hip and Spine Pathology? 
  • Does clinical improvement of symptomatic degenerative lumbar disease impact obesity? 
  • Does evidence support the existence of lumbar spine coupled motion? A critical review of the literature. 
  • Does radiographic osteoarthritis correlate with flexibility of the lumbar spine? 
  • Does treatment (nonoperative and operative) improve the two-year quality of life in patients with adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: a prospective multicenter evidence-based medicine study. 
  • Does vertebral level of pedicle subtraction osteotomy correlate with degree of spinopelvic parameter correction? 
  • Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and fracture prediction in patients with spinal cord injuries and disorders. 
  • Dynamic stabilization. 
  • Early postoperative physical activity and function: a descriptive case series study of 53 patients after lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Editorial: Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2. 
  • Editorial: minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Effect of Two-Year Caloric Restriction on Bone Metabolism and Bone Mineral Density in Non-Obese Younger Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of change in preoperative depression/anxiety on patient outcomes following lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Effect of fear-avoidance beliefs of physical activities on a model that predicts risk-adjusted functional status outcomes in patients treated for a lumbar spine dysfunction. 
  • Effects of age and comorbidities on complication rates and adverse outcomes after lumbar laminectomy in elderly patients. 
  • Effects of age and sex on the distribution and symmetry of lumbar spinal and neural foraminal stenosis: a natural language processing analysis of 43,255 lumbar MRI reports. 
  • Effects of manual therapy and exercise targeting the hips in patients with low-back pain-A randomized controlled trial. 
  • Effects of sit-up training versus core stabilization exercises on sit-up performance. 
  • Effects of vitamin D insufficiency on bone mineral density in African American men. 
  • Eliglustat maintains long-term clinical stability in patients with Gaucher disease type 1 stabilized on enzyme therapy. 
  • Endometriosis of the conus medullaris causing cyclic radiculopathy. 
  • Endplate changes following discectomy: natural history and associations between imaging and clinical data. 
  • Evaluation of wedging of lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebral bodies in the pediatric population. 
  • Evidence supporting the use of bone morphogenetic proteins for spinal fusion surgery. 
  • Expert's comment concerning grand rounds case entitled "surgical treatment of a 180° thoracolumbar fixed kyphosis in a young achondroplastic patient: a one stage 'in situ' combined fusion and spinal cord translocation" (by J. C. Aurégan, T. Odent, M. Zerah, J.-P. Padovani and C. Glorion). 
  • Extreme lateral interbody fusion approach for isolated thoracic and thoracolumbar spine diseases: initial clinical experience and early outcomes. 
  • Extreme lateral interbody fusion with posterior instrumentation for spondylodiscitis. 
  • Factors Associated With Progression to Surgical Intervention for Lumbar Disc Herniation in the Military Health System. 
  • Factors associated with physiotherapists' confidence during assessment of clinical cervical and lumbar spine instability. 
  • Failure of a polyether-ether-ketone expandable interbody cage following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Failure of lumbopelvic fixation after long construct fusions in patients with adult spinal deformity: clinical and radiographic risk factors: clinical article. 
  • Frequency, risk factors, and treatment of distal adjacent segment pathology after long thoracolumbar fusion: a systematic review. 
  • Functional Limitations Due to Lumbar Stiffness in Adults With and Without Spinal Deformity. 
  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the human lumbar spinal cord. 
  • Gait abnormalities and inflammatory cytokines in an autologous nucleus pulposus model of radiculopathy. 
  • Genetic Determinants of Circulating Estrogen Levels and Evidence of a Causal Effect of Estradiol on Bone Density in Men. 
  • Genetic Predisposition to Symptomatic Lumbar Disk Herniation in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients. 
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture. 
  • Geographic variation in lumbar fusion for degenerative disorders: 1990 to 2000. 
  • Global coronal decompensation and adult spinal deformity surgery: comparison of upper-thoracic versus lower-thoracic proximal fixation for long fusions. 
  • Health-Related Quality of Life Scores Underestimate the Impact of Major Complications in Lumbar Degenerative Scoliosis Surgery. 
  • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia presenting as unilateral lower limb paralysis following lumbar spine surgery: case report. 
  • High-Impact Chronic Pain Transition in Lumbar Surgery Recipients. 
  • High-dose alendronate uncouples osteoclast and osteoblast function: a study in a rat spine pseudarthrosis model. 
  • Hip or spine surgery first?: a survey of treatment order for patients with concurrent degenerative hip and spinal disorders. 
  • How Many Steps Per Day During the Early Postoperative Period are Associated With Patient-Reported Outcomes of Disability, Pain, and Opioid Use After Lumbar Spine Surgery? 
  • How dimensions can guide surgical planning and training: a systematic review of Kambin's triangle. 
  • How to predict return to work after lumbar discectomy: answers from the NeuroPoint-SD registry. 
  • Hyperconcavity of the lumbar vertebral endplates in the elite football lineman. 
  • IL-1beta sensitizes intervertebral disc annulus cells to fluid-induced shear stress. 
  • Identifying Thoracic Compensation and Predicting Reciprocal Thoracic Kyphosis and Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Iliac crest bone graft donor site pain after anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a prospective patient satisfaction outcome assessment. 
  • Impact of Dominant Symptom on 12-Month Patient-Reported Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery. 
  • Impact of Gender Disparities on Short-Term and Long-Term Patient Reported Outcomes and Satisfaction Measures After Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Single Institutional Study of 384 Patients. 
  • Impact of body habitus on perioperative morbidity associated with fusion of the thoracolumbar and lumbar spine. 
  • Impact of frailty on complications in patients with thoracic and thoracolumbar spinal fracture. 
  • Impact of obesity on complications and outcomes: a comparison of fusion and nonfusion lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Impact of occupational characteristics on return to work for employed patients after elective lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Impact of precontrast T10 relaxation times on dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI pharmacokinetic parameters: T10 mapping versus a fixed T10 reference value. 
  • Impact of surgical site infection and surgical debridement on lumbar arthrodesis: A single-institution analysis of incidence and risk factors. 
  • Implications of spinopelvic alignment for the spine surgeon. 
  • Importance of fat mass and lean mass on bone health in men: the Fourth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES IV). 
  • Improved assessment of lumbar vertebral body strength using supine lateral dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. 
  • In vivo intervertebral disc mechanical deformation following a treadmill walking "stress test" is inversely related to T1rho relaxation time. 
  • In-Hospital Complications and Resource Utilization Following Lumbar Spine Surgery in Patients with Parkinson Disease: Evaluation of the National Inpatient Sample Database. 
  • In-hospital medical complications after non-operative and operative treatment of thoracolumbar fractures in patients over 75 years of age. 
  • Incidence, mode, and location of acute proximal junctional failures after surgical treatment of adult spinal deformity. 
  • Increasing BMI increases lumbar intervertebral disc deformation following a treadmill walking stress test. 
  • Inferior Clinical Outcomes for Patients with Medicaid Insurance After Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Prospective Registry Analysis of 608 Patients. 
  • Influence of perioperative complication severity on 1- and 2-year outcomes of low back surgery. 
  • Influence of racial disparities on patient-reported satisfaction and short- and long-term perception of health status after elective lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Instrument Tracking for Prone Lateral Surgery. 
  • Interdisciplinary Care Model Independently Decreases Use of Critical Care Services After Corrective Surgery for Adult Degenerative Scoliosis. 
  • Interrater reliability of identifying indicators of posterior ligamentous complex disruption when plain films are indeterminate in thoracolumbar injuries. 
  • Interspinous device versus laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a comparative effectiveness study. 
  • Intervertebral disc cells exhibit differences in gene expression in alginate and monolayer culture. 
  • Intraoperative Electromyography in Awake Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Case Study on Nerve Activation Under the Effects of Local Anesthesia. 
  • Intraoperative neuromonitoring for one-level lumbar discectomies is low yield and cost-ineffective. 
  • Islands of Inflammation: Neurosarcoidosis. 
  • KAST Study: The Kiva System As a Vertebral Augmentation Treatment-A Safety and Effectiveness Trial: A Randomized, Noninferiority Trial Comparing the Kiva System With Balloon Kyphoplasty in Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures. 
  • Kerma area product method for effective dose estimation during lumbar epidural steroid injection procedures: phantom study. 
  • Laminectomy alone versus fusion for grade 1 lumbar spondylolisthesis in 426 patients from the prospective Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Leveraging machine learning to ascertain the implications of preoperative body mass index on surgical outcomes for 282 patients with preoperative obesity and lumbar spondylolisthesis in the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Location of correction within the lumbar spine impacts acute adjacent-segment kyphosis. 
  • Lumbar Lateral Recess Decompression: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. 
  • Lumbar disc excision in children and adolescents. 
  • Lumbar facet cyst resolution following anterior interbody fusion. 
  • Lumbar intervertebral disc diurnal deformations and T2 and T1rho relaxation times vary by spinal level and disc region. 
  • Lumbar plexus block using high-pressure injection leads to contralateral and epidural spread. 
  • Lumbar spinal stenosis. 
  • Lumbar spine and hip flexibility and trunk strength in helicopter pilots with and without low back pain history. 
  • Lumbar spine radiographic features and demographic, clinical, and radiographic knee, hip, and hand osteoarthritis. 
  • Lumbar vertebral morphology of flying, gliding, and suspensory mammals: implications for the locomotor behavior of the subfossil lemurs Palaeopropithecus and Babakotia. 
  • MR imaging of marrow changes adjacent to end plates in degenerative lumbar disk disease. 
  • Magnitude of preoperative cervical lordotic compensation and C2-T3 angle are correlated to increased risk of postoperative sagittal spinal pelvic malalignment in adult thoracolumbar deformity patients at 2-year follow-up. 
  • Magnitude, Location, and Factors Related to Regional and Global Sagittal Alignment Change in Long Adult Deformity Constructs: Report of 183 Patients With 2-Year Follow-up. 
  • Maintenance of radiographic correction at 2 years following lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy is superior with upper thoracic compared with thoracolumbar junction upper instrumented vertebra. 
  • Management of iatrogenic flat-back syndrome. 
  • Mapping the structural properties of the lumbosacral vertebral endplates. 
  • Measurement of vertebral cortical integrity during pedicle exploration for intrapedicular fixation. 
  • Measures of shoulder protraction and thoracolumbar rotation. 
  • Mini-Open Lateral Corpectomy for Thoracolumbar Junction Lesions. 
  • Minimally invasive deformity correction: surgical technique. 
  • Minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion in patients older than 70 years of age: analysis of peri- and postoperative complications. 
  • Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with expandable versus static interbody devices: radiographic assessment of sagittal segmental and pelvic parameters. 
  • Minimally invasive unilateral approach for bilateral decompression of spinal stenosis and modified transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis. 
  • Minimally invasive versus open fusion for Grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for grade I lumbar spondylolisthesis: 5-year follow-up from the prospective multicenter Quality Outcomes Database registry. 
  • Minimally invasive, robot-assisted, anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a technical note. 
  • Monitoring. 
  • Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,329 adults with degenerative lumbar stenosis. 
  • More Than 1 in 3 Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain Continue to Use Opioids Long-term After Spinal Fusion: A Systematic Review. 
  • Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat 'queens' increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity. 
  • Multicenter assessment of outcomes and complications associated with transforaminal versus anterior lumbar interbody fusion for fractional curve correction. 
  • Multiple-day drainage when using bone morphogenic protein for long-segment thoracolumbar fusions is associated with low rates of wound complications. 
  • Muscle strength and body composition: associations with bone density in older subjects. 
  • Neurologic Deficits Have a Negative Impact on Patient-Related Outcomes in Primary Presentation Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis Surgical Treatment at One-Year Follow-up. 
  • Neutral upright sagittal spinal alignment from the occiput to the pelvis in asymptomatic adults: a review and resynthesis of the literature. 
  • No difference in postoperative complications, pain, and functional outcomes up to 2 years after incidental durotomy in lumbar spinal fusion: a prospective, multi-institutional, propensity-matched analysis of 1,741 patients. 
  • Nonoperative Management in Neurologically Intact Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes. 
  • Novel Merging of CT and MRI to Allow for Safe Navigation into Kambin's Triangle for Percutaneous Lumbar Interbody Fusion-Initial Case Series Investigating Safety and Efficacy. 
  • Obese Patients Benefit, but do not Fare as Well as Nonobese Patients, Following Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Surgery: An Analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Operative Treatment of Severe Scoliosis in Symptomatic Adults: Multicenter Assessment of Outcomes and Complications With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up. 
  • Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment for Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis. 
  • Operative and nonoperative treatment approaches for lumbar degenerative disc disease have similar long-term clinical outcomes among patients with positive discography. 
  • Operative time and learning curve between fluoroscopy-based instrument tracking and robot-assisted instrumentation for patients undergoing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF). 
  • Orthopedic disease burden in adult patients with symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: results from a prospective multicenter study. 
  • Outcome after repeat lumbar microdiscectomy. 
  • Outcomes and Complications With Age in Spondylolisthesis: An Evaluation of the Elderly From the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Outcomes and complications following spinous process fixation: a single-center analysis of 192 cases. 
  • Outcomes and complications of extension of previous long fusion to the sacro-pelvis: is an anterior approach necessary? 
  • Outcomes of bone morphogenetic protein-2 in mature adults: posterolateral non-instrument-assisted lumbar decompression and fusion. 
  • Paediatric CT examinations in 19 developing countries: frequency and radiation dose. 
  • Patient Factors That Influence Decision Making: Randomization Versus Observational Nonoperative Versus Observational Operative Treatment for Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis. 
  • Patient characteristics of smokers undergoing lumbar spine surgery: an analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Patient doses in CT examinations in 18 countries: initial results from International Atomic Energy Agency projects. 
  • Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy in the Revision Versus Primary Adult Spinal Deformity Patient: Is There a Difference in Correction and Complications? 
  • Pedicle screw placement accuracy using ultra-low radiation imaging with image enhancement versus conventional fluoroscopy in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: an internally randomized controlled trial. 
  • Perioperative complications with costotransversectomy and anterior approaches to thoracic and thoracolumbar tumors. 
  • Persistence at 12 months with denosumab in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: interim results from a prospective observational study. 
  • Persistence at 24 months with denosumab among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: results of a prospective cohort study. 
  • Physical Performance Tests Provide Distinct Information in Both Predicting and Assessing Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Lumbar Spine Surgery. 
  • Physician self-referral of lumbar spine MRI with comparative analysis of negative study rates as a marker of utilization appropriateness. 
  • Poor Nutrition Status and Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery in the Elderly: Readmissions, Complications, and Mortality. 
  • Posterior global malalignment after osteotomy for sagittal plane deformity: it happens and here is why. 
  • Postoperative cervical deformity in 215 thoracolumbar patients with adult spinal deformity: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on patient-reported outcome and satisfaction at 2-year follow-up. 
  • Postoperative management of incidental durotomy in minimally invasive lumbar spinal surgery. 
  • Practice management guidelines for the screening of thoracolumbar spine fracture. 
  • Predictive model for long-term patient satisfaction after surgery for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: insights from the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Predictive value of 3-month lumbar discectomy outcomes in the NeuroPoint-SD Registry. 
  • Predictors of Lumbar Spine Degeneration and Low Back Pain in the Community: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. 
  • Predictors of pain and disability outcomes in one thousand, one hundred and eight patients who underwent lumbar discectomy surgery. 
  • Predictors of the Best Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Surgery for Grade 1 Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. 
  • Predominance of Spinal Metastases Involving the Posterior Vertebral Body. 
  • Preoperative Lumbar Drain Use During Acoustic Neuroma Surgery and Effect on CSF Leak Incidence. 
  • Prevalence and Indications for Unplanned Reoperations Following Index Surgery in the Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis NIH-Sponsored Clinical Trial. 
  • Primary Drivers of Adult Cervical Deformity: Prevalence, Variations in Presentation, and Effect of Surgical Treatment Strategies on Early Postoperative Alignment. 
  • Primary intradural extraosseous Ewing sarcoma of the spine: case report and literature review. 
  • Primary pediatric intraspinal sarcomas. Report of 3 cases. 
  • Prospective analysis of incidence and risk factors of dysphagia in spine surgery patients: comparison of anterior cervical, posterior cervical, and lumbar procedures. 
  • Proximal Junctional Kyphosis: Inter- and Intra-observer Reliability of Radiographic Measurements in Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • Proximal junctional failure in primary thoracolumbar fusion/fixation to the sacrum/pelvis for adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: long-term follow-up of a prospective multicenter cohort of 160 patients. 
  • Pseudogout of the cervical and thoracic spine mimicking infection after lumbar fusion: case report. 
  • Psychological Predictors of Outcomes with Lumbar Spinal Fusion: A Systematic Literature Review. 
  • Psychological, mobility, and satisfaction variables mediate the relationship between baseline back pain intensity and long-term outcomes in individuals who underwent lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Psychosocial factors and surgical outcomes: are elderly depressed patients less satisfied with surgery? 
  • Quantifying the collective influence of social determinants of health using conditional and cluster modeling. 
  • Quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of pelvic and lumbar bone marrow: effect of age and marrow fat content on pharmacokinetic parameter values. 
  • Racial disparities in outcomes of spinal surgery for lumbar stenosis. 
  • Radiation dose exposure for lumbar spine epidural steroid injections: a comparison of conventional fluoroscopy data and CT fluoroscopy techniques. 
  • Radiographic Fusion Grade Does Not Impact Health-Related Quality of Life in the Absence of Instrumentation Failure for Patients Undergoing Posterior Instrumented Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • Radiographic alignment outcomes after the single-position prone transpsoas approach: a multi-institutional retrospective review of 363 cases. 
  • Radiographic outcome and complications after single-level lumbar extended pedicle subtraction osteotomy for fixed sagittal malalignment: a retrospective analysis of 55 adult spinal deformity patients with a minimum 2-year follow-up. 
  • Radiographic restoration of lumbar alignment after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Radiological evidence of spontaneous spinal arthrodesis in patients with lower lumbar spondylolisthesis. 
  • Radiosurgical treatment for Ewing's sarcoma of the lumbar spine: case report. 
  • Randomized controlled trials for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: which patients benefit from lumbar fusion? 
  • Rare cause of back pain: Staphylococcus aureus vertebral osteomyelitis complicated by recurrent epidural abscess and severe sepsis. 
  • Re-operation After Long-Segment Fusions for Adult Spinal Deformity: The Impact of Extending the Construct Below the Lumbar Spine. 
  • Recent Trends in Medicare Utilization and Reimbursement for Lumbar Fusion Procedures: 2000-2019. 
  • Recent and Emerging Advances in Spinal Deformity. 
  • Reciprocal changes in cervical spine alignment after corrective thoracolumbar deformity surgery. 
  • Reduced occurrence of primary rod fracture after adult spinal deformity surgery with accessory supplemental rods: retrospective analysis of 114 patients with minimum 2-year follow-up. 
  • Reducing Patient Radiation Exposure From CT Fluoroscopy-Guided Lumbar Spine Pain Injections by Targeting the Planning CT. 
  • Relationship of joint hypermobility with low Back pain and lumbar spine osteoarthritis. 
  • Renal artery injury during lateral transpsoas interbody fusion: case report. 
  • Renal shielding and dosimetry for patients with severe systemic sclerosis receiving immunoablation with total body irradiation in the scleroderma: cyclophosphamide or transplantation trial. 
  • Replacement of intervertebral discs in chimpanzees by silicone-dacron implants: a preliminary report. 
  • Results of lumbosacral fusion for degenerative disc disease with and without instrumentation. Two- to five-year follow-up. 
  • Results of surgical treatment of painful adult scoliosis. 
  • Retrospective, propensity score-matched cohort study examining timing of fracture fixation for traumatic thoracolumbar fractures. 
  • Return to sport after open and microdiscectomy surgery versus conservative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review with meta-analysis. 
  • Revision lumbar surgery in elderly patients with symptomatic pseudarthrosis, adjacent-segment disease, or same-level recurrent stenosis. Part 2. A cost-effectiveness analysis: clinical article. 
  • Risk factors for 30-day reoperation and 3-month readmission: analysis from the Quality and Outcomes Database lumbar spine registry. 
  • Risk of Dislocation and Revision Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients With Prior Lumbar Fusion With Spinopelvic Fixation. 
  • Risk of Postoperative Complications and Revision Surgery Following Robot-assisted Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion. 
  • Risk of lumbar spine injury from cyclic compressive loading. 
  • Robotic-Assisted Trajectory Into Kambin's Triangle During Percutaneous Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion-Initial Case Series Investigating Safety and Efficacy. 
  • Robotic-assisted percutaneous iliac screw fixation for destructive lumbosacral metastatic lesions: an early single-institution experience. 
  • Rod fractures in thoracolumbar fusions to the sacrum/pelvis for adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: long-term follow-up of a prospective, multicenter cohort of 160 patients. 
  • Rotational thromboelastometry-guided transfusion during lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy for adult spinal deformity: preliminary findings from a matched cohort study. 
  • SF-36 PCS benefit-cost ratio of lumbar fusion comparison to other surgical interventions: a thought experiment. 
  • SRS-22R Minimum Clinically Important Difference and Substantial Clinical Benefit After Adult Lumbar Scoliosis Surgery. 
  • Sacral tumor resection and the impact on pelvic incidence. 
  • Sagittal age-adjusted score (SAAS) for adult spinal deformity (ASD) more effectively predicts surgical outcomes and proximal junctional kyphosis than previous classifications. 
  • Sagittal spinopelvic parameters in children with achondroplasia: identification of 2 distinct groups. 
  • Secondary gain influences the outcome of lumbar but not cervical disc surgery. 
  • Segmental contribution toward total lumbar range of motion in disc replacement and fusions: a comparison of operative and adjacent levels. 
  • Selecting caudal fusion levels: 2 year functional and stiffness outcomes with matched pairs analysis in multilevel fusion to L5 versus S1. 
  • Selective versus nonselective fusion for idiopathic scoliosis: does lumbosacral takeoff angle change? 
  • Sex determination by discriminant function analysis of lumbar vertebrae. 
  • Sex differences in predictors of outcome in selected physical therapy interventions for acute low back pain. 
  • Sexual function in older adults following thoracolumbar to pelvic instrumentation for spinal deformity. 
  • Short-term morbidity and mortality associated with correction of thoracolumbar fixed sagittal plane deformity: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. 
  • Similar Effects of Thrust and Nonthrust Spinal Manipulation Found in Adults With Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Controlled Trial With Adaptive Allocation. 
  • Single-position prone transpsoas fusion for the treatment of lumbar adjacent segment disease: early experience of twenty-four cases across three tertiary medical centers. 
  • Skeletal metastases of melanoma. 
  • Small intestinal submucosa for anular defect closure: long-term response in an in vivo sheep model. 
  • Sonographic evaluation of lumbar interlaminar space opening in a variety of patient body positions for optimal neuraxial anesthesia delivery. 
  • Spinal bone density following spinal fusion. 
  • Spinal capillary hemangioma in infants: report of two cases and review of the literature. 
  • Spinal cavernous and capillary hemangiomas in adults. 
  • Spinal cord neural anatomy in rats examined by in vivo magnetic resonance microscopy. 
  • Spinal instability neoplastic score: an analysis of reliability and validity from the spine oncology study group. 
  • Spinal sensory projection neuron responses to spinal cord stimulation are mediated by circuits beyond gate control. 
  • Spinal surgery: variations in health care costs and implications for episode-based bundled payments. 
  • Spine surgery under awake spinal anesthesia: an Egyptian experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
  • Spontaneous Lumbar Curve Correction Following Vertebral Body Tethering of Main Thoracic Curves. 
  • Spontaneous spinal epidural arteriovenous fistulae in neurofibromatosis type-1. 
  • Standardization and validation of a novel and simple method to assess lumbar dural sac size. 
  • Stiffness After Pan-Lumbar Arthrodesis for Adult Spinal Deformity Does Not Significantly Impact Patient Functional Status or Satisfaction Irrespective of Proximal Endpoint. 
  • Strength and stability of posterior lumbar interbody fusion. Comparison of titanium fiber mesh implant and tricortical bone graft. 
  • Subjective and objective descriptors of clinical lumbar spine instability: a Delphi study. 
  • Suitability of the lumbar test dose for the thoracic epidural space. 
  • Surgery for the Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients After Skeletal Maturity: Early Versus Late Surgery. 
  • Surgical Treatment of Patients With Dual Hip and Spinal Degenerative Disease: Effect of Surgical Sequence of Spinal Fusion and Total Hip Arthroplasty on Postoperative Complications. 
  • Surgical approaches for the correction of unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: a retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes. 
  • Surgical correction of lumbar kyphotic deformity: posterior reduction "eggshell" osteotomy. 
  • Surgical management of high-grade paediatric spondylolisthesis: meta-analysis and systematic review. 
  • Surgical treatment of thoracolumbar fractures. 
  • Symptomatic calcified perineural cyst after use of bone morphogenetic protein in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a case report. 
  • Systematic review of diagnostic accuracy of patient history, clinical findings, and physical tests in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis. 
  • The "In-Parallel" Technique for Awake, Bilateral Simultaneous Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Multilevel Lumbar Decompression. 
  • The Benefit of Bone Health by Drinking Coffee among Korean Postmenopausal Women: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Fourth & Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. 
  • The Collective Influence of Social Determinants of Health on Individuals Who Underwent Lumbar Spine Revision Surgeries: A Retrospective Cohort Study. 
  • The Composite Severity Score for Lumbar Spine MRI: a Metric of Cumulative Degenerative Disease Predicts Time Spent on Interpretation and Reporting. 
  • The Fate of Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Incurring Rod Fracture After Thoracolumbar Fusion. 
  • The Human Lumbar Spine During High-Rate Under Seat Loading: A Combined Metric Injury Criteria. 
  • The Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Decompression and Fusion. 
  • The Impact of Lumbar Spine Disease and Deformity on Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes. 
  • The Impact of Lumbar Spine Disease and Deformity on Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes. 
  • The Lumbar Pelvic Angle, the Lumbar Component of the T1 Pelvic Angle, Correlates With HRQOL, PI-LL Mismatch, and it Predicts Global Alignment. 
  • The Lumbar Stenosis Prognostic Subgroups for Personalizing Care and Treatment (PROSPECTS) study: protocol for an inception cohort study. 
  • The MISDEF2 algorithm: an updated algorithm for patient selection in minimally invasive deformity surgery. 
  • The National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database (N2QOD): a collaborative North American outcomes registry to advance value-based spine care. 
  • The Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool (RAPT) for Discharge Planning in a Posterior Lumbar Fusion Population. 
  • The Use of Sacral Osteotomy in the Correction of Spinal Deformity: Technical Report and Systematic Review of the Literature. 
  • The assessment of bone mineral content and density of the lumbar spine and proximal femur in US submariners. 
  • The association between lumbar spine radiographic features and low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • The association of lumbar spondylolisthesis with collagen IX tryptophan alleles. 
  • The clinical value of a cluster of patient history and observational findings as a diagnostic support tool for lumbar spine stenosis. 
  • The effect of posterior polyester tethers on the biomechanics of proximal junctional kyphosis: a finite element analysis. 
  • The effect of renal dysfunction on short-term outcomes after lumbar fusion. 
  • The effects of bone density and disc degeneration on the structural property distributions in the lower lumbar vertebral endplates. 
  • The efficacy of direct current stimulation for lumbar intertransverse process fusions in an animal model. 
  • The impact of age on approach-related complications with navigated lateral lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • The impact of age on surgical goals for spinopelvic alignment in minimally invasive surgery for adult spinal deformity. 
  • The impact of lumbar alignment targets on mechanical complications after adult lumbar scoliosis surgery. 
  • The likelihood of reaching minimum clinically important difference and substantial clinical benefit at 2 years following a 3-column osteotomy: analysis of 140 patients. 
  • The normal appearance of CT myelograms. 
  • The pain provocation-based straight leg raise test for diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation, lumbar radiculopathy, and/or sciatica: a systematic review of clinical utility. 
  • The relationship between lumbar lordosis and radiologic variables and lumbar lordosis and clinical variables in elderly, African-American women. 
  • The relative value of lumbar roentgenograms, metrizamide myelography, and discography in the assessment of patients with chronic low-back syndrome. 
  • The temperature-dependent viscoelasticity of porcine lumbar spine ligaments. 
  • The vertebral column of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • Therapeutic decision making in thoracolumbar spine trauma. 
  • Thoracic and lumbar spinal impact tolerance. 
  • Thoracic and lumbar spine trauma. 
  • Thoracolumbar spinal deformity. 
  • Thoracolumbar spinal deformity: evaluation and treatment. Foreword. 
  • Three rear ends on the beach. Debating the ethics of medical advertising. 
  • Three-Dimensional Navigated Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. 
  • Thrust and nonthrust manipulation for older adults with low back pain: an evaluation of pain and disability. 
  • Time and temperature sensitivity of the hybrid III lumbar spine. 
  • Time to development, clinical and radiographic characteristics, and management of proximal junctional kyphosis following adult thoracolumbar instrumented fusion for spinal deformity. 
  • Total en bloc spondylectomy for locally aggressive and primary malignant tumors of the lumbar spine. 
  • Transarterial embolization of vertebral hemangioma. 
  • Transfacet Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion With an Expandable Interbody Device-Part I: 2-Dimensional Operative Video and Technical Report. 
  • Transfacet Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion With an Expandable Interbody Device-Part II: Consecutive Case Series. 
  • Traumatic burst fracture in a patient with a lumbar artificial disc. 
  • Two- and three-year outcomes of minimally invasive and hybrid correction of adult spinal deformity. 
  • Two-level reverse Bohlman transsoseous approach for treatment of symptomatic pseudarthrosis. 
  • Unilateral approach for bilateral decompression with MIS TLIF. 
  • Unusual presentation and complication of the prone position for spinal surgery. 
  • Upper thoracic versus lower thoracic upper instrumented vertebrae endpoints have similar outcomes and complications in adult scoliosis. 
  • Upper versus Lower Lumbar Lordosis Corrections in Relation to Pelvic Tilt - An Essential Element in Surgical Planning for Sagittal Plane Deformity. 
  • Use of 3D CT-based navigation in minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Use of S2-Alar-iliac Screws Associated With Less Complications Than Iliac Screws in Adult Lumbosacropelvic Fixation. 
  • Use of the CABS methodology to assess biomechanical stress in commercial crab fishermen. 
  • Utility of multilevel lateral interbody fusion of the thoracolumbar coronal curve apex in adult deformity surgery in combination with open posterior instrumentation and L5-S1 interbody fusion: a case-matched evaluation of 32 patients. 
  • Utilization of Manipulative Treatment for Spine and Shoulder Conditions Between Different Medical Providers in a Large Military Hospital. 
  • Utilization of spinal cord stimulation in patients with failed back surgery syndrome. 
  • Variability in Assessing Spinopelvic Parameters with Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae: Inter- and Intra-observer Reliability among Spine Surgeons. 
  • Variability in Standard Outcomes of Posterior Lumbar Fusion Determined by National Databases. 
  • Variables Describing Individuals With Improved Pain and Function With a Primary Complaint of Low Back Pain: A Secondary Analysis. 
  • Venous thromboembolism after thoracic/thoracolumbar spinal fusion. 
  • Vertebra plana due to an aneurysmal bone cyst of the lumbar spine. Case report and review of the literature. 
  • Visual loss after spine surgery: a population-based study. 
  • Vitamin D Levels and 1-Year Fusion Outcomes in Elective Spine Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study. 
  • What is the Optimal Surgical Method for Achieving Correction and Avoiding Neurological Complications in Pediatric High-grade Spondylolisthesis? 
  • Which daily functions are most affected by stiffness following total lumbar fusion: comparison of upper thoracic and thoracolumbar proximal endpoints. 
  • Women fare best following surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a comparison of the most and least satisfied patients utilizing data from the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Younger Patients Are Differentially Affected by Stiffness-Related Disability Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • [Kyphectomy in myelomeningocele patients. Longterm results, complications and risk analysis]. 
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  • Gold, Deborah T., Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
  • Rocos, Brett, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Turner, Dennis Alan, Professor of Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering