Chronic pain after spine surgery (CPSS) is often characterized by intractable low back pain
and/or radiating leg pain, and has been reported in 8–40% of patients that received lumbar …

The introduction of the term Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome (PSPS-T1/2), replacing the
older term Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS), has significantly influenced our approach …

Complications in spine surgery can arise in the intraoperative or the immediate
postoperative period or in a delayed manner. These complications may lead to severe or …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort review. Objective. The objective of this study was to
identify depression using the Mental Component Score (MCS-12) of the Short Form-12 (SF …

Background: Currently, no studies have assessed what effect the presence of both anxiety
and depression may have on patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs) compared …

Degenerative disc disease and low back pain are common challenges that persist even after
a discectomy. However, characterizations and quantifications of these illnesses from the …

Abstract Background Depression and Degenerative Spine Disease (DSD) frequently co-
exist. Pooled prevalence estimates of depression before and after lumbar fusion surgery has …

Study Design: This was a retrospective cohort review. Objective: The objective of this study
was to analyze depression using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Hamilton Depression …

Introduction Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) can cause persisting life-changing dysfunction.
There is scarce literature regarding the long-term assessment of CES symptoms, and rarer …

Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are often used to treat low back pain (LBP) due to
lumbosacral radiculopathy as well as LBP without a clear component of radiculopathy, in …