Educational Objectives As a result of reading this article, physicians should be able to: 1.
Understand the forces that predispose adjacent cervical segments to degeneration. 2. …

Over the past two decades, minimally invasive surgical approaches have become increasingly
feasible, efficient and popular for the management of a wide range of spinal disorders, …

Background Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) has been used for treatment of a variety
of spinal conditions including degenerative disc disorders and low-grade spondylolisthesis. …

BACKGROUND Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is used to treat multiple conditions,
including spondylolisthesis, degenerative disc disorders, adjacent segment disease, and …

Study Design. Bibliometric study of current literature. Objective. To catalog the most important
minimally invasive spine (MIS) surgery articles using the amount of citations as a marker of …

Study design: This study was a systematic review. Objectives: To reveal demographic factors,
etiologies, response to treatment, and to propose a novel treatment algorithm for dropped …

Background Lumbar discectomy has been shown to be clinically beneficial in numerous
studies for appropriately selected patients. Some patients, however, undergo revision …

Purpose This study aimed to define the footprint of the direct and reflected heads of the rectus
femoris and the relation of the anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS) to adjacent neurovascular (…

Background: A bundled payment represents a single payment for services during an episode
of care for a surgical procedure. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and …

OBJECTIVE Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a progressive spinal condition that
often requires surgery. Studies have shown the clinical equivalency of anterior versus …