Abstract Purpose Adjacent segment degeneration (ASDeg) and disease (ASDis) have
become major concerns after fusion surgery. However, there is no definitive data or …

Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Intervertebral disc (IVD)
degeneration is often associated with low back pain but is sometimes asymptomatic. IVD …

Degeneration of the lumbar intervertebral discs is irreversible, with no treatment currently
available. Building upon experimental studies that demonstrated the importance of the …

Objective A potential long-term complication of lumbar fusion is the development of adjacent
segment disease (ASD), which may necessitate second surgery and adversely affect …

Study Design. A retrospective study of 70 patients undergoing surgical treatment for
adjacent segment disease (ASD) after anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) …

Background: Although multiple studies have investigated risk factors for symptomatic
adjacent segment disease (ASD) after lumbar fusion, their findings were diverse and …

Imaging of the postoperative spine requires the identification of several critical points by the
radiologist to be written in the medical report: condition of the underlying cortical and …

Purpose Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a common surgical treatment for
degenerative disease in the cervical spine. However, resultant biomechanical alterations …

Background To obtain the complication rate, fusion rate, and revision rate of the lumbar
cortical bone trajectory technique and pedicle screw fixation technique in lumbar interbody …

Purpose To investigate the biomechanical changes in the proximal adjacent segment with
different grades of degeneration after posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). Methods We …