From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY (Dr. Diebo, Dr. Day, Dr. Paulino, and Dr. Naziri), the Spine Service (Mr. R. Lafage, Dr. Schwab, and Dr. V. Lafage), Hospital for Special Surgery, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Dr. Passias and Dr. Errico), NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, NYU Langone Health, and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Dr. Mont), Lenox Hill Hospital, New York city, NY.
Chronic pain management remains a challenging aspect of neurosurgical care, with facet arthrosis being a significant contributor to the global burden of low back pain. This study evaluates the effecti...
Through a retrospective longitudinal analysis of patients with facet osteoarthritis treated via cryotherapy between 2013 and 2023, we evaluated the impact on medication usage and pain levels, utilizin...
The study encompassed 118 subjects, revealing significant pain alleviation, with Visual Analog Scale scores plummeting from 9.0 initially to 2.0 after treatment. Additionally, 67 patients (56.78%) rep...
The findings illuminate cryotherapy's efficacy in diminishing pain and curtailing medication dependency among patients with facet arthrosis. This study reaffirms cryotherapy's role in pain management ...
Osteoarthritis (OA) in the lumbar spine can potentially lead to an overestimation of bone mineral density (BMD), and this can be a challenge in accurately diagnosing conditions like osteoporosis, wher...
A cohort of 500 patients (mean age: 63.9 ± 11.2 years) diagnosed with osteoarthritis and having a medical prescription for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) were recruited for the study. All pati...
The T-score values for BMD at the lumbar spine (BMD-LS) by DXA were significantly higher with respect to BMD-LS by REMS across all OA severity scores, and the differences were more pronounced in patie...
The findings from our study indicate that, in a population with varying severity levels of osteoarthritis, REMS demonstrated a higher capability to diagnose osteoporosis compared to DXA, and this coul...
There is no study comparing knee and spine osteoarthritis. The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of pain and disability on quality of life (QoL) and the factors affecting QoL in patients ...
This cross-sectional study included 114 patients with spondylosis and 126 patients with knee osteoarthritis. Demographic data were recorded. The visual analog scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMaster...
Statistically, patients with spondylosis and knee osteoarthritis did not differ significantly in terms of gender, age, body mass index, number of concomitant conditions, marital status, years of schoo...
Spondylosis and knee osteoarthritis affect all subscales of QoL in the same way. The management of patients with spondylosis and knee osteoarthritis should focus on pain and functionality to improve Q...
Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is common in patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD). Limited data exist on the prevalence of hip OA in patients with ASD, or on its impact on baseline and postoperative ali...
Patients with ASD who underwent L1-pelvis or longer fusions were included. Two independent reviewers graded hip OA with the Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) classification and stratified it by severity into non...
Of 520 patients with ASD who met inclusion criteria for an OA prevalence analysis, 34% (177 of 520) had severe bilateral hip OA and unilateral or bilateral hip arthroplasty had been performed in 8.7% ...
This study of operatively treated ASD revealed that 1 in 3 patients had severe hip OA bilaterally. Such patients with severe bilateral hip OA had worse baseline SVA and PROMs that persisted 1 year fol...
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A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data....
To assess the association between intervertebral disc degeneration and hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS)....
The co-occurrence of hip OA and degenerative spinal pathologies was first described as the "Hip-Spine-Syndrome" and has also been observed in knee OA. It remains unclear if both pathologies share an u...
Intervertebral disc degeneration was classified by the Pfirrmann Classification and intervertebral vacuum phenomenon (IVP). IVP was classified into mild (1 point), moderate (2 points), and severe (3 p...
A total of 246 patients (58.9% female) were included in the final analysis. Of these, 22.3% had OA burden. The multivariable linear regression showed an independent association between OA burden and l...
Our study showed that OA burden was independently associated with the severity of the intervertebral disc degeneration of the lumbar spine. These findings give further weight to a shared pathology of ...
There is a paucity of data regarding the sagittal spine-pelvis-leg alignment and the compensatory mechanisms in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and hip osteoarthritis (HOA). In this study, ...
We retrospectively analyzed a cohort of prospectively enrolled patients with degenerative LSS and sagittal malalignment between January 2019 and December 2023. Radiographic parameters evaluated were p...
Out of 379 patients, 116 with LOA and 116 with SOA were analyzed after propensity score matching for age and PI. SOA patients exhibited significantly lower FPA (184.01 ± 9.97 vs 186.78 ± 10.11, p = 0....
In this PSM study, patients with SOA exhibit reduced pelvic tilt and hip extension in standing positions compared to those with LOA. Additionally, the SOA patients had worse global sagittal alignment ...
Spinal facet joint osteoarthritis (FJOA) is an OA disease with pathogenesis and progression uncovered. Our present study was performed to elucidate the role of DNM3OS on spinal FJOA. In this study, sp...
To provide a comprehensive and insightful summary of studies on molecular biomarkers at the gene, protein, and metabolite levels across different sample types and joints affected by osteoarthritis (OA...
A literature search using the PubMed database for publications on OA biomarkers published between April 1, 2023 and April 30, 2024 was performed. Publications were then screened, examined at length, a...
Out of the 364 papers initially identified, 44 publications met inclusion criteria, were relevant to OA, and were further examined for data extraction and discussion. These studies included 1 genomic ...
Significant advancements have been made in identifying molecular biomarkers for OA, encompassing various joints, sample types, and molecular levels. Despite this progress, gaps remain, particularly in...
Surgical treatments for metastatic spine tumors have evolved tremendously over the last decade. Improvements in immunotherapies and other medical treatments have led to longer life expectancy in cance...
Endoscopic spine surgery (ESS) is a minimally invasive approach with reduced tissue trauma, shorter hospital stays, and faster recovery times. It employs advanced endoscopic instruments and imaging te...
A cross-sectional survey was distributed to collect data on Australian spine surgeons' perspectives of ESS. The survey questionnaire was distributed electronically to a diverse group of spine surgeons...
Of responders, 46.8% were already integrating ESS into practice, or had the sufficient training to commence ESS. A further 29.8% were contemplating introduction of ESS techniques, while just under one...
The study contributes to the existing body of knowledge on ESS by providing a comprehensive analysis of surgeon opinions and experiences. The results highlight the growing interest in endoscopic techn...
