Abstract Background The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) guideline for the
management of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) was first published in 2011. Since then, the …

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the outcomes of minimally invasive
lumbar decompression in patients≥ 80 years of age and compare them with those of …

Objective Worldwide, older people are suffering from lumbar degenerative disease at an
annual rate of 266 million. Although spine surgeries restore mobility, reduce pain and …

Study Design: This was an ambispective clinical quality registry study. Objective: To
evaluate utility of 11-variable modified Frailty Index (mFI) in predicting postoperative …

Background Surgical treatment of degenerative lumbar disease in the elderly is
controversial. Elderly patients have an increased risk for medical and surgical complications …

Purpose To investigate whether differences in spinopelvic parameters, and especially
spinopelvic alignment, could be associated with adjacent segment disease (ASD) or …

OBJECTIVE Currently there is no standardized mechanism to describe or compare
complications in adult spine surgery. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to modify …

Objective There has been a worldwide increment in acute kidney injury (AKI) incidence
among elderly orthopedic operative patients. The AKI prediction model provides patients' …

This study aims to observe the hemostatic and anti-inflammatory effects of intravenous
administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) in dual segment posterior lumbar interbody fusion …

In 2017, International Orthopaedics, the official journal of Société Internationale de Chirurgie
Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT), received over 2600 submissions to be …