BACKGROUND: Age-related bone loss is a primary factor in osteoporosis and osteoporotic
fractures in the elderly. Although oxidative stress was reported to play an important role in …

Purpose Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is a common procedure in spine surgery. Bone
cement leakage is the most common complication related to this procedure. The purpose of …

Hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum (LF) contributes to lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), and
results mainly from fibrosis. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a profibrotic factor …

Background Advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs) are acknowledged as a novel
marker of oxidation-mediated protein damage. This study aimed to investigate the plasma …

Objective A potential long-term complication of lumbar fusion is the development of adjacent
segment disease (ASD), which may necessitate second surgery and adversely affect …

Osteoblast apoptosis plays an important role in age-related bone loss and osteoporosis. Our
previous study revealed that advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs) could induce …

Background Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is a standard surgical treatment for
cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy, but reoperations sometimes are performed to treat …

Ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) is a rare disease that causes acquired thoracic
spinal canal stenosis and thoracic myelopathy. The aim of this study was to investigate …

Background Alendronate (ALE) is a conventional drug used to treat osteoporosis. Low-magnitude
whole-body vibration (WBV) exercise has been developed as a potential treatment for …

Osteoclasts are the key participants in regulation of bone mass. Low-magnitude high-frequency
vibration (LMHFV) has been found to be anabolic to bone in vivo. This study aimed to …