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Medicine, General & Internal
Renjie Li, Xiaofeng Shao, Xuefeng Li, Yijie Liu, Weimin Jiang
Summary: The study compared clinical outcomes and spino-pelvic sagittal balance treated with OLIF and TLIF for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Results showed that the OLIF group had better improvement in disc height and foraminal height compared to the TLIF group, and restoration of spino-pelvic sagittal balance was observed in both groups post-surgery.
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Clinical Neurology
Victor E. Staartjes, Bianca Battilana, Marc L. Schroeder
Summary: The study compared the outcomes of two robotic-assisted lumbar interbody fusion surgeries over a one-year period. Results showed no significant differences in surgical time, length of stay, and radiation dose between the two techniques. However, differences were observed in improvement of leg pain and Oswestry Disability Index, with RG-PLIF showing greater improvement in leg pain and RG-TLIF showing greater improvement in disability index.
Article
Orthopedics
Jingye Wu, Tenghui Ge, Ning Zhang, Jianing Li, Wei Tian, Yuqing Sun
Summary: The study aimed to compare changes in radiographical segmental alignment following stand-alone cage insertion and additional posterior fixation in the same OLIF procedure for patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis. Results showed that additional posterior fixation provided better segmental alignment improvement in terms of slip reduction and segmental lordosis compared to stand-alone cage insertion.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Tariq Ziad Issa, Yunsoo Lee, Mark J. Lambrechts, Khoa S. Tran, Nicholas Siegel, Sandy Li, Alexander Becsey, Kevin Endersby, Ian David Kaye, Jeffrey A. Rihn, Mark F. Kurd, Jose A. Canseco, Alan S. Hilibrand, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Gregory D. Schroeder, Christopher K. Kepler
Summary: In a retrospective cohort study, outcomes of different CARDS subtypes for patients undergoing PLDF or TLIF were compared, and the CARDS system was evaluated as a decision-making tool for the treatment of DS.
WORLD NEUROSURGERY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Min-soo Cho, Eun-Min Seo
Summary: This study evaluated the effectiveness of OLIF in treating lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis with sagittal imbalance. OLIF had shorter operation time, less blood loss, and better clinical outcomes compared to PLIF.
NEUROSURGICAL REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Orthopedics
Jeanne Loubeyre, Emmanuelle Ferrero, Mohamed Mokhtar Jmal, Pierre Guigui, Marc Khalife
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of TLIF on surgical treatment of LDS and found that slip reduction helps to improve sagittal alignment. The results showed comparable fusion rate and radiographic outcomes between PLF and TLIF at 2-year follow-up.
ORTHOPAEDICS & TRAUMATOLOGY-SURGERY & RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Sagar Umale, Narayan Yoganandan, Jamie L. Baisden, Hoon Choi, Shekar N. Kurpad
Summary: This study investigated the biomechanical effects of various lumbar interbody fusion techniques on the spine using a validated finite-element model. The results showed that bilateral posterior instrumentations (TLIF, PLIF, and CLIF/360) resulted in the greatest reduction in lumbar spine range of motion, with forces transmitted through the vertebrae and disc pressures increasing proportionally to the range of motion. The study provides valuable information for surgeons to make informed decisions when selecting fusion procedures based on biomechanical effects.
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
(2022)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Luca Proietti, Andrea Perna, Luca Ricciardi, Caterina Fumo, Domenico Alessandro Santagada, Ilaria Giannelli, Francesco Ciro Tamburrelli, Antonio Leone
Summary: This study found that after LLIF, most patients achieved intervertebral bone bridge fusion, but the ankylotic degeneration of the zygapophyseal joints in the posterior region is also an important pathological feature. The overlap rate between anterior and posterior fusion segments was relatively high, but a significant number of patients did not achieve any type of fusion.
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Clinical Neurology
Nam-Su Chung, Han-Dong Lee, Chang-Hoon Jeon, Seungmin Jeong
Summary: This retrospective study analyzed 56 levels of 52 patients who underwent OLIF for degenerative spondylolisthesis, showing satisfactory reduction of translational/angular slip. Factors associated with greater slip reduction included female sex, age < 65 years, use of a 12 degrees cage, cage position from the anterior disc margin of < 7 mm, and cases with posterior decompression.
GLOBAL SPINE JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Patrick Thornley, Jennifer C. Urquhart, Andrew Glennie, Raja Rampersaud, Charles Fisher, Edward Abraham, Raphaele Charest-Morin, Nicolas Dea, Brian K. Kwon, Neil Manson, Hamilton Hall, Scott Paquette, John Street, Fawaz Siddiqi, Parham Rasoulinejad, Christopher S. Bailey
Summary: Postoperative sagittal spinal alignment has a significant effect on functional outcome after surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis.
Review
Clinical Neurology
John Rathbone, Matthew Rackham, David Nielsen, So Mang Lee, Wayne Hing, Sukhman Riar, Matthew Scott-Young
Summary: This study compared stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) with posterior fusion techniques in patients with spondylolisthesis and degenerative disc disease. The results showed that ALIF had shorter operative time and less blood loss compared to the posterior fusion techniques, and also a shorter hospital stay compared to transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). However, the patient-reported outcome measures were not conclusive in determining the superiority between the different techniques.
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shengtao Dong, Yinghui Zhu, Hua Yang, Ningyu Tang, Guangyi Huang, Jie Li, Kang Tian
Summary: The study used the support vector machine algorithm to determine the predictors that contributed to unfavorable clinical efficacy among patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) after lumbar interbody fusion (LIF). Increased disc height, enlarged facet angle, and raised lateral listhesis grade were confirmed as risk factors for hindering patients' short-term functional recovery. Additionally, disc height alone was significantly associated with long-term functional recovery. The SVM model showed consistent and superior predictive performance, providing optimized clinical strategies for the treatment of DLS.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Orthopedics
Haopeng Luan, Yao Wang, Kai Liu, Weibin Sheng, Qiang Deng
Summary: The clinical efficacy of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) in the treatment of continuous double-level lumbar spondylolisthesis with sagittal imbalance was analyzed. TLIF can effectively alleviate symptoms and improve the quality of life for patients with this condition.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Min Cheol Chang, Yoo Jin Choo, Gun Woo Lee
Summary: Comparing traditional pedicle screws with cortical bone trajectory-pedicle screws in posterior lumbar fusion surgery, it was found that the cortical screw group had less blood loss and shorter operative time, with a lower total complication rate. However, these findings were based on limited, bias-prone retrospective studies.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Tetsuhiko Mimura, Takahiro Tsutsumimoto, Mutsuki Yui, Jun Takahashi, Shugo Kuraishi, Hiromichi Misawa
Summary: The incidence of adjacent segment pathology (ASP) following minimally invasive posterior lumbar interbody fusion (MI-PLIF) was significantly lower compared to conventional open PLIF surgery. MI-PLIF also showed more favorable clinical outcomes in terms of ASP development.