Background Hydrocephalus is a debilitating disorder, affecting all age groups. Evaluation of
its global epidemiology is required for healthcare planning and resource allocation. …

Study Design: Retrospective study of consecutive patients at a single institution.Objective:
Examine the effect of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) versus open transforaminal lumbar …

Study Design: This is a retrospective review of a single surgeon cervical deformity (CD)
database. Objective: Quantitatively describe the cervical extensor musculature in a CD …

Study Design. A retrospective cohort study from a single institution. Objective. The aim of
this study was to assess the thresholds for postoperative opioid consumption, which are …

Background Stentrievers have resulted in faster recanalization times in patients with acute
ischemic stroke. Nonetheless, when strokes occur during evenings and weekends, delays are …

Psychiatric diagnoses (PD) present a significant burden on elective surgery patients and
may have potentially dramatic impacts on outcomes. As ailments of the spine can be …

Background Stent-assisted coiling is a commonly adopted technique employed in the coiling
of broader-based aneurysms. It avoids flow arrest and the risk of vessel rupture associated …

Adult cervical deformity is a structural malalignment of the cervical spine that may present with
variety of significant symptomatology for patients. There are clear and substantial negative …

We present the case of a 5-year-old boy diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at 10 months of
age who developed fusiform aneurysms of the coronary arteries as well as a previously …

Purpose Predictors of long-term opioid usage in TLIF patients have not been previously
explored in the literature. We examined the effect of pre-operative narcotic use in addition to …