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, …

Minimally invasive spine (MIS) surgery is associated with limited dissection as compared to
open surgical procedures and this can result in decreased visualization. The use of computer…

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 Lumbar interbody fusion is among the most common types of spinal surgery
performed. Over time, the term has evolved to encompass a number of different approaches to …

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 …

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

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 …

OBJECTIVE Cervical deformity (CD) is difficult to define due to the high variability in normal
cervical alignment based on postural- and thoracolumbar-driven changes to cervical …