Lumbosacral Region

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 313 Impact of Intraoperative Steroids on Postoperative Infection Rates and Length of Hospital Stay: A Study of 1200 Spine Surgery Patients. 
  • 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 comparison of fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with lumbar spine pain and cervical spine pain. 
  • 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 survey-based study of wrong-level lumbar spine surgery: the scope of the problem and current practices in place to help avoid these errors. 
  • Alpha1-adrenergic receptors in human spinal cord: specific localized expression of mRNA encoding alpha1-adrenergic receptor subtypes at four distinct levels. 
  • An implantable restorative-neurostimulator for refractory mechanical chronic low back pain: a randomized sham-controlled clinical trial. 
  • Anterior intervertebral discectomy and arthrodesis for treatment of low back pain with or without radiculopathy. 
  • Approach Selection: Multiple Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion to Recreate Lumbar Lordosis Versus Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: When, Why, How? 
  • Association Between Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Lumbar Spine Surgery. 
  • Association between general joint hypermobility and knee, hip, and lumbar spine osteoarthritis by race: a cross-sectional study. 
  • Association between insulin resistance and bone mass in men. 
  • Association between serum and urine biomarkers and lumbar spine individual radiographic features: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. 
  • Association of lumbar spine stiffness and flexion-relaxation phenomenon with patient-reported outcomes in adults with chronic low back pain - a single-arm clinical trial investigating the effects of thrust spinal manipulation. 
  • Bladder and urethral pressures evoked by microstimulation of the sacral spinal cord in cats. 
  • Can Surgeon Demographic Factors Predict Postoperative Complication Rates After Elective Spinal Fusion? 
  • Chronic infection of a Brindley sacral nerve root stimulator. 
  • Commentary: Appropriate Use Criteria for Lumbar Degenerative Scoliosis: Developing Evidence-based Guidance for Complex Treatment Decisions. 
  • Comparison of complication rates of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a systematic review of the literature. 
  • Comparison of cost and complication rates for profiling hospital performance in lumbar fusion for spondylolisthesis. 
  • Defining the minimum clinically important difference for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: insights from the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Differences in multijoint radiographic osteoarthritis phenotypes among African Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis project. 
  • Different effects of opioid and cannabinoid receptor agonists on C-fiber-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation in dorsal horn neurons in normal and spinal nerve-ligated rats. 
  • Effect of Body Habitus on Radiation Dose During CT Fluoroscopy-Guided Spine Injections. 
  • Effect of Serious Adverse Events on Health-related Quality of Life Measures Following Surgery for Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis. 
  • Effect of spinal manipulation on sensorimotor functions in back pain patients: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. 
  • Effects of functional taping compared with sham taping and minimal intervention on pain intensity and static postural control for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: a randomised clinical trial protocol. 
  • Electromyography as a diagnostic aid in lumbo-sacral nerve root irritation. 
  • Endplate changes following discectomy: natural history and associations between imaging and clinical data. 
  • Enlarged Dural Sac in Idiopathic Bronchiectasis Implicates Heritable Connective Tissue Gene Variants. 
  • Evaluating ergonomic stresses in North Carolina commercial crab pot and gill net fishermen. 
  • Factors Impacting Outcomes and Health Care Utilization in Osteoporotic Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Fusions: A MarketScan Database Analysis. 
  • Functional Limitations Due to Lumbar Stiffness in Adults With and Without Spinal Deformity. 
  • Greater Resting Lumbar Extensor Myofascial Stiffness in Younger Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Than Age-Comparable Healthy Volunteers Quantified by Myotonometry. 
  • High-Impact Chronic Pain Transition in Lumbar Surgery Recipients. 
  • Hyperconcavity of the lumbar vertebral endplates in the elite football lineman. 
  • Image-Guided Spine Interventions for Pain: Ongoing Controversies. 
  • Immediate effects of spinal manipulation on thermal pain sensitivity: an experimental study. 
  • Improved Dose Estimates for Fluoroscopically Guided Lumbar Epidural Injections. 
  • Kinematic and dynamic gait compensations in a rat model of lumbar radiculopathy and the effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonism. 
  • Laminectomy alone versus fusion for grade 1 lumbar spondylolisthesis in 426 patients from the prospective Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Lumbar Myeloid Cell Trafficking into Locomotor Networks after Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury. 
  • Lumbar disc surgery in a fixed compensation population: a model for influence of secondary gain on surgical outcome. 
  • Lumbar hernia: diagnosis by CT. 
  • Lumbopelvic manipulation for treatment of patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: development of a clinical predication rule. 
  • Lumbosacral spinal cord epidural stimulation enables recovery of voluntary movement after complete motor spinal cord injury. 
  • Medical management. 
  • Metabolic variation among rat lumbosacral alpha-motoneurons. 
  • Microsurgical treatment of sacral perineural (Tarlov) cysts: case series and review of the literature. 
  • Minimally Invasive Muscle Sparing Posterior-Only Approach for Lumbar Circumferential Decompression and Stabilization to Treat Spine Metastasis--Technical Report. 
  • Modularity of motor output evoked by intraspinal microstimulation in cats. 
  • More Than 1 in 3 Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain Continue to Use Opioids Long-term After Spinal Fusion: A Systematic Review. 
  • Motor paralysis of the lower extremities following lumbar sympathetic block. 
  • Neuropathic pain activates the endogenous kappa opioid system in mouse spinal cord and induces opioid receptor tolerance. 
  • Neuropeptide Y and galanin binding sites in rat and monkey lumbar dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord and effect of peripheral axotomy. 
  • Patient characteristics of smokers undergoing lumbar spine surgery: an analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Percentage change in hemoglobin level and morbidity in spine surgery patients. 
  • Point of view. 
  • Prospective Trial of Cerebrospinal Fluid Filtration After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage via Lumbar Catheter (PILLAR). 
  • Radiculopathy in the setting of lumbar nerve root compression due to an extradural intraforaminal lipoma: a report of 3 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. 
  • Radiosurgical treatment for Ewing's sarcoma of the lumbar spine: case report. 
  • Readjusting lumbar pedicle screws nonparallel to the superior endplate. 
  • Real-World Evidence for Restorative Neurostimulation in Chronic Low Back Pain-a Consecutive Cohort Study. 
  • Recent Trends in Medicare Utilization and Reimbursement for Lumbar Fusion Procedures: 2000-2019. 
  • Selective versus nonselective fusion for idiopathic scoliosis: does lumbosacral takeoff angle change? 
  • Sexual Dysfunction Secondary to Lumbar Stiffness in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Before and After Long-Segment Spinal Fusion. 
  • Sexual Dysfunction: Prevalence and Prognosis in Patients Operated for Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. 
  • Sonographic evaluation of lumbar interlaminar space opening in a variety of patient body positions for optimal neuraxial anesthesia delivery. 
  • Spinal manipulative therapy has an immediate effect on thermal pain sensitivity in people with low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Spinal micturition reflex mediated by afferents in the deep perineal nerve. 
  • Spinopelvic parameters in postfusion flatback deformity patients. 
  • Standardization and validation of a novel and simple method to assess lumbar dural sac size. 
  • Stiffness of resting lumbar myofascia in healthy young subjects quantified using a handheld myotonometer and concurrently with surface electromyography monitoring. 
  • Study protocol for patient response to spinal manipulation - a prospective observational clinical trial on physiological and patient-centered outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain. 
  • Surgical Management of Osteoblastoma of the Spine: Case Series and Review of the Literature. 
  • Systematic review of diagnostic accuracy of patient history, clinical findings, and physical tests in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis. 
  • Technique for CT Fluoroscopy-Guided Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks and Radiofrequency Ablation. 
  • The Impact of Lumbar Spine Disease and Deformity on Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes. 
  • The Use of Sacral Osteotomy in the Correction of Spinal Deformity: Technical Report and Systematic Review of the Literature. 
  • The efficacy of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: results from the NeuroPoint-SD registry: clinical article. 
  • The frequency and severity of intracranial hypotension post-intraoperative lumbar drainage using a Tuohy needle and the traditional needle. 
  • The hips influence on low back pain: a distal link to a proximal problem. 
  • The influence of expectation on spinal manipulation induced hypoalgesia: an experimental study in normal subjects. 
  • Tissue oxygenation and blood flow on specialized and conventional hospital beds. 
  • Transient lumbosacral polyradiculopathy after prostatectomy: association with spinal stenosis. 
  • Treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis by extensive unilateral decompression and contralateral autologous bone fusion: operative technique and results. 
  • Two-level reverse Bohlman transsoseous approach for treatment of symptomatic pseudarthrosis. 
  • Utility of neuromonitoring during lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy for adult spinal deformity. 
  • Variables Describing Individuals With Improved Pain and Function With a Primary Complaint of Low Back Pain: A Secondary Analysis. 
  • 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.