Introduction Lumbar fusion has been found to be a clinically effective procedure in adult
patients. The lateral transpsoas approach allows for direct visualization of the intervertebral …

Background Disc herniation is the most common cause for spinal surgery and many clinicians
employ epidural steroid injections with limited success. Intradiscal injection of ozone gas …

Study design. Prospective case series with six and twelve months follow up. Objective. To
observe clinical and morphological results of the intradiscal ozone chemionucleolysis in …

Purpose To describe the clinical outcomes and complications in a consecutive series of
extreme lateral interbody fusion cases. Methods Retrospective cohort review of 97 consecutive …

Patients with low back pain (LBP) suffer chronic disability. In 40% of LBP patients degenerative
disc disease (DDD) seems to be the cause. This prospective case series assessed the …

Purpose Description of a case of direct intraoperative lesion and repair of a major vascular
injury of common iliac vein during an extreme lateral interbody fusion L4–L5 procedure. …

Introduction Advanced intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) is used to attenuate
postoperative complications and side effects of extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF). Specific …

Background: Nucleoplasty appears a successful minimally-invasive treatment for symptomatic
contained disc herniation (protrusion). The purpose of this prospective study was to …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Low back pain with or without radicular leg pain is an extremely
common health condition significantly impacting patient's activities and quality of life. When …

Background: Analysis of the initial experience on learning curve, technical differences and
perioperative or early postoperative complications using lumbar hyperlordotic anterior and …