Degenerative Spine Disease

Posted On 2024-08-07 16:40:32

This Series on Degenerative Spine Disease is edited by Dr. Mark J. Lambrechts and Dr. Brian A. Karamian.

Editorial | Surgery: Orthopedics
Editorial: degenerative spine disease—a review of emerging topics in operative spine care
Mark J. Lambrechts, Brian A. Karamian

Review Article | Medical Tests and Health Care: Pain & Pain Management
The potential role of marijuana in spine surgery: a narrative review of preliminary evidence concerning pre- and post-operative consumption on patient outcomes and implications for future research
Aditya Billur, Conor McNamee, Benjamin M. Mac Curtain, Neil Wu, Jake M. McDonnell, Julia Wall, Stacey Darwish, Joseph S. Butler

Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics
A narrative literature review: dynamic stabilization versus fusion—is there a difference in outcomes?
Sameh Abolfotouh, Mason AlNouri

Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics
What are the differences in clinical and surgical outcomes between lumbar spine fusion approaches?—a narrative review
Jeremy D. Tran, Dominic Kubas, John Railey, Heather L. MacEwen, Melvin D. Helgeson, Scott C. Wagner, Alfred J. Pisano, Donald R. Fredericks Jr

Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics
A narrative review of treatment of the elderly patient: do we need to alter surgical management of lumbar spine disease?
John P. Kleimeyer

Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following degenerative spine surgery: a narrative review
Dhiraj Patel, Shawn Best, Chason Ziino

Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics
Osteobiologics in degenerative spine disease: current clinical applications of recombinant human bone morphogenetic proteins—a narrative review
Ishan Shah, Manat Chopra, Andy Ton, Raymond J. Hah, Jeffrey C. Wang, Ram K. Alluri

Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics
Early versus late intervention for degenerative cervical myelopathy: what are the outcomes?—a review of the current literature
James W. Connelly, Parth Kothari, Nicholas Spina, W. Ryan Spiker, Brandon Lawrence, Darrel S. Brodke, Brian A. Karamian

Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics
Biomechanical analysis of lumbar decompression technique and the effect on spinal instability: a narrative review
Hannah A. Levy, Maria D. Astudillo Potes, Ahmad N. Nassr, Brett A. Freedman, Arjun S. Sebastian

Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics
The hip spine relationship—what we know and what we don’t: a narrative review
Michael McCurdy, Yunsoo Lee, Gino DiNicola, Albert Ku, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Alan S. Hilibrand, Gregory D. Schroeder, Christopher K. Kepler, Mark J. Lambrechts

Editorial Commentary | Surgery: Orthopedics
Cervical disc arthroplasty vs. anterior cervical discectomy and fusion—what are the outcomes?
Timothy Torrez, Willie Dong, Matthew Philippi, Brittany Percin, James W. Connelly, Joseph P. Drain, Brian A. Karamian

Disclosure:
The series “Degenerative Spine Disease” was commissioned by the editorial office, AME Medical Journal without any sponsorship or funding. Mark J. Lambrechts and Brian A. Karamian served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.