Study Design. A retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective. The aim of
this study was to investigate recent outcomes of conservative treatment for bony healing in …

Percutaneous endoscopic surgery for the lumbar spine, which was established in the last
decade, requires only an 8-mm skin incision and causes minimal damage to the paravertebral …

Study Design. Using fresh cadavers, real-time dosimeters were used to estimate the radiation
exposure dose from C-arm fluoroscopy to surgeons, medical staff, and patients during …

Background Full-endoscopic lumbar surgery is used for decompression of lumbar spinal
canal stenosis. Now, a cage can be inserted through Kambin's triangle for lumbar interbody …

High-intensity zone (HIZ) was originally described as a high-intensity signal on T2-weighted
magnetic resonance (MR) images, located in the posterior annulus fibrosus, clearly …

Background Context Percutaneous endoscopic discectomy is a minimally invasive procedure
for the surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation (LDH). It can be performed under local …

Purpose of the review Transforaminal full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy (TELD) under
local anesthesia was first introduced in Japan in 2003. Initially referred to as percutaneous …

Purpose To investigate the association of spinal anomalies with lumbar spondylolysis and
spina bifida occulta (SBO). Methods A total of 1190 patients with thoracic, abdominal, and …

Ionizing radiation from Computed tomography (CT) examinations and the associated health
risks are growing concerns. The purpose of this study was to directly measure individual …

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of timing (Early (E) group vs Delayed (D)
group) of internal fixation for distal radius fractures on forearm and wrist function in patients …