In patients with lower back and leg pain, lumbar foraminal stenosis (LFS) is one of the most
important pathologies, especially for predominant radicular symptoms. LFS pathology can …

Study Design. Prospective study. Objective. To examine the efficacy of teriparatide or
bisphosphonate treatment to reduce pedicle screw (PS) loosening after instrumented lumbar …

Purpose Extreme lateral interbody fusion provides minimally invasive treatment of spinal
deformity, but complications including nerve and psoas muscle injury have been noted. To …

Methods. The participants were patients who underwent OLIF surgery under the diagnosis
of degenerative lumbar diseases between April 2013 and May 2015 at 11 affiliated medical …

Study Design. Prospective trial. Objective. To examine the clinical efficacy of teriparatide for
bone union after instrumented lumbar posterolateral fusion using local bone grafting in …

Purpose Surgery for lumbar spinal degeneration disease is widely performed. While posterior
decompression and fusion are popular, anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) is also …

… Seiji Ohtori, corresponding author * Chikato Mannoji, * Sumihisa Orita, * Kazuyo
Yamauchi, Yawara Eguchi, Nobuyasu Ochiai, Shunji Kishida, Kazuki Kuniyoshi, Yasuchika …

Purpose Osteoarthritic pain is largely considered to be inflammatory pain. Sensory nerve fibers
innervating the knee have been shown to be significantly damaged in rat models of knee …

Background Age-related sarcopenia can cause various forms of physical disabilities. We
investigated how sarcopenia affects degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) and lumbar spinal …

Lumbar lateral interbody fusion (LLIF) has been gaining popularity among the spine surgeons
dealing with degenerative spinal diseases while LLIF on L5-S1 is still challenging for its …