Postoperative Brace Prescription Practices for Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Questionnaire-Based Study of Spine Surgeons in Japan

Michita Noma; Yujiro Takeshita; Kota Miyoshi; Fumiko Saiki; Naohiro Kawamura; Akiro Higashikawa; Nobuhiro Hara; Takashi Ono; So Kato; Yoshitaka Matsubayashi; Yuki Taniguchi; Sakae Tanaka; Yasushi Oshima

doi:10.14444/8719

Article Information

vol. 19 no. 2 237-245

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14444/8719

PubMed

39884868

Published By

International Journal of Spine Surgery

Online ISSN

2211-4599

History

Published online May 12, 2025.

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Author Information

Michita Noma, MD1,2 ⇑,
Yujiro Takeshita, MD1,2,
Kota Miyoshi, MD1,2,
Fumiko Saiki, MD1,2,
Naohiro Kawamura, MD, PhD2,3,
Akiro Higashikawa, MD, PhD2,4,
Nobuhiro Hara, MD2,5,
Takashi Ono, MD2,6,
So Kato, MD, PhD2,7,
Yoshitaka Matsubayashi, MD2,8,
Yuki Taniguchi, MD, PhD2,7,
Sakae Tanaka, MD, PhD7 and
Yasushi Oshima, MD, PhD2,7

¹ Department of Orthopedic and Spine Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
² University of Tokyo Spine Group (UTSG), Tokyo, Japan
³ Department of Spine and Orthopedic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
⁴ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
⁵ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
⁶ Department of Spinal Surgery, Japan Community Health-Care Organization Tokyo Shinjuku Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
⁷ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
⁸ Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Spinal Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Correspondence to Michita Noma, Department of Orthopedic and Spine Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, 3211 Kozukue-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 222-0036, Japan; m.noma{at}me.com

Author Contributions Michita Noma, Yujiro Takeshita, Fumiko Saeki, and Kota Miyoshi designed the study. Naohiro Kawamura, Akihiro Higashikawa, Nobuhiro Hara, and Takashi Ono advised on questionnaire preparation and collection of data. So Kato, Yoshitaka Matsubayashi, and Yuki Taniguchi advised on data analysis. Kota Miyoshi, Sakae Tanaka, and Yasushi Oshima supervised the experiments. Michita Noma wrote the manuscript.

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