Articles

4.3.20 - Swedish Neuroscience Institute

• Lower Preoperative Hounsfield Unit Measurements Are Associated With Adjacent Segment Fracture After Spinal Fusion

• Measurement Techniques and Utility of Hounsfield Unit Values for Assessment of Bone Qasim Quality Prior to Spinal Instrumentation

• DEXA Sensitivity Analysis in Patients With Adult Spinal Deformity

• Quantitative Computed Tomography

4.10.20 - Texas Back Institute

• Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

• Spino-pelvic Sagittal Balance of Spondylolisthesis: A Review and Classification

• Artificial Intelligence for the Treatment of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis

• Predictive Model for Long-Term Patient Satisfaction After Surgery for Grade I Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: Insights from the Quality Outcomes Database

• A Comparison of Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Decompression Alone for Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis

4.17.20 - Rush University

• Back Pain and Quality of Life After Surgical Treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis at 5-Year Follow-up

• Conservative Versus Operative Treatment of Stable Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures in Neurologically Intact Patients

• Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Performed Using Structural Allograft or Polyetheretherketone: Pseudarthrosis and Revision Surgery Rates With Minimum 2-year Follow-up

• Posterior Foraminotomy Versus Anterior Decompression and Fusion in Patients with Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease with Radiculopathy: Up to 5 Years of Outcome From the National Swedish Spine Register

• Bacteria: Back Pain, Leg Pain and Modic Sign—A Surgical Multicentre Comparative Study

4.24.20 - University of Utah

• Should Sagittal Spinal Alignment Targets for Adult Spinal Deformity Correction Depend on Pelvic Incidence and Age?

• Treatment of the Fractional Curve of Adult Scoliosis With Circumferential Minimally Invasive Surgery Versus Traditional, Open Surgery: An Analysis of Surgical Outcomes.

• Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment for Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis.=

5.01.20 - Cedars-Sinai

• Artificial Intelligence Based Hierarchical Clustering of Patient Types and Intervention Categories in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Towards a New Classification Scheme that Predicts Quality and Value.

• Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Meta-analysis of the Fusion Rates. What is the Optimal Graft Material?

• Maintaining Range of Motion After Cervical Discectomy Does Not Prevent Adjacent Segment Degeneration.

• Two-level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: 10-year Outcomes of a Prospective, Randomized Investigational Device Exemption Clinical Trial.

• The Cranial Sagittal Vertical Axis (CrSVA) is a Better Radiographic Measure to Predict Clinical Outcomes in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Than The C7 SVA: A Monocentric Study.

5.08.20 - Hospital for Special Surgery

• The Morphology of Cervical Deformities: A Two-step Cluster Analysis to Identify Cervical Deformity Patterns

• Predicting the Occurrence of Postoperative Distal Junctional Kyphosis in Cervical Deformity

• Patients Comparison of Best Versus Worst Clinical Outcomes for Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery

5.15.20 - Indiana Spine Group

• Functional and Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Geriatric Patients With Type-II Dens Fracture.

• Efficacy and Safety of Surgical Decompression in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

• Diagnostic Accuracy of CT Scan–Based Criteria Compared With Surgical Exploration for the Analysis of Cervical Fusion and Nonunion

• A 20-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study of Degeneration of the Cervical Spine in a Volunteer Cohort Assessed Using MRI: Follow-up of a Cross-Sectional Study.

5.22.20 - Center for Spine and Orthopedics

• Managing Stress in the Orthopedic Family

• Managing Resident Workforce and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Blood Loss Management in Spine Surgery

• Postoperative Kyphosis in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Cut-off Preoperative Angle for Predicting the Postlaminoplasty Kyphosis.

• Does Intrawound Vancomycin Powder Reduce SSI After Posterior Instrumented Spinal Surgery?

5.29.20 - University of California San Fransisco

• Economic Impact of Revision Surgery for Proximal Junctional Failure After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Cost Analysis of 57 Operations in a 10-year Experience at a Major Deformity Center.

• ISSLS PRIZE IN BIOENGINEERING SCIENCE 2019: Biomechanical Changes in Dynamic Sagittal Balance and Lower Limb Compensatory Strategies Following Realignment Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients.

• Ligament Augmentation for Prevention of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Proximal Junctional Failure in Adult Spinal Deformity.

• Development of Validated Computer-based Preoperative Predictive Model for Proximal Junction Failure (PJF) or Clinically Significant PJK With 86% Accuracy Based on 510 ASD Patients With 2-year Follow-up.

6.01.20 - Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

• Clinical Outcomes of 90 Isolated Unilateral Facet Fractures, Subluxations, and Dislocations Treated Surgically and Nonoperatively

• Use of Computed Tomography to Predict Failure of Nonoperative Treatment of Unilateral Facet Fractures of the Cervical Spine

• Clinical Outcomes of Cervical Facet Fractures Treated Nonoperatively With Hard Collar or Halo Immobilization

• The Radiographic Failure of Single Segment Anterior Cervical Plate Fixation in Traumatic Cervical Flexion Distraction Injuries

6.12.20 - Swedish Neuroscience Institute

• Novel Classification System for Spinal Instability in Neoplastic Disease

• State of the Art Treatment for Spinal Metastasis Disease

• Clinical Prediction Score Following Metastatic Spinal Surgery: New England Spinal Metastasis Score (NESMS)

6.19.20 - Texas Back Institute

• Comparison of Lumbar Total Disc Replacement With Surgical Spinal Fusion for the Treatment of Single-Level Degenerative Disc Disease: A Meta-Analysis of 5-Year Outcomes From Randomized Controlled Trials

• Concurrent Use of Lumbar Total Disc Arthroplasty and Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: The Lumbar Hybrid Procedure for the Treatment of Multilevel Symptomatic Degenerative Disc Disease

• Five-Year Reoperation Rates of 2-Level Lumbar Total Disk Replacement Versus Fusion

6.24.20 - Swedish Neuroscience Institute

• Evaluation of Coflex Interspinous Stabilization Following Decompression Compared with Decompression and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for the Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Disease: A Minimum 5-year Follow-up Study

• A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Trial Evaluating the X STOP Interspinous Process Decompression System for the Treatment of Neurogenic Intermittent Claudication: Two-Year Follow-Up Results

• Decompression and Paraspinous Tension Band: A Novel Treatment Method for Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

7.10.20 - Mayo Clinic

• Assessing the utility of a clinical prediction score regarding 30-day morbidity and mortality following metastatic spinal surgery: the New England Spinal Metastasis Score (NESMS)

•  A Revised Scoring System for Preoperative Evaluation of Metastatic Spine Tumor Prognosis

• A Novel Classification System for Spinal Instability in Neoplastic Disease 

• Direct Decompressive Surgical Resection in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Compression Caused by Metastatic Cancer: A Randomised Trial

7.17.20 - Penn Medicine

• Complications for minimally invasive lateral interbody arthrodesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing prepsoas and transpoas approaches

• Predictors of the need for laminectomy after indirect decompression via initial anterior or lateral lumbar interbody fusion

• Indirect decompression with lateral interbody fusion for severe degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: minimum 1-year MRI follow-up       

7.24.20 - University of California San Fransisco

• Appropriateness of indications for surgery of lumbar disc hernia and spinal stenosis

• Multidisciplinary Evaluation Leads to the Decreased Utilization of Lumbar Spine Fusion: An Observational Cohort Pilot Study

• Early Effects of Medicare's Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Program for Lumbar Fusion

• Alterations in 90-day morbidity, mortality, and readmission rates following spine surgery in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (2009-2014)

7.31.20 - Swedish Neuroscience Institute

• Anatomic and Radiographic Considerations for Placement of Transiliac Screws in Lumbopelvic Fixation

• Comparison Between S2-Alar-Iliac Screw Fixation and Iliac Screw Fixation in Adult Deformity Surgery: Reoperation Rates and Spinopelvic Parameters

• The Modified Iliac Screw: An Anatomic Comparison and Technical Guide

8.14.20 - Indiana Spine Group

• Pelvic incidence-lumbar lordosis mismatch predisposes to adjacent segment disease after lumbar spinal fusion

• The Influence of Pelvic Incidence and Lumbar Lordosis Mismatch on Development of Symptomatic Adjacent Level Disease Following Single-Level Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

• Relationship between sagittal balance and adjacent segment disease in surgical treatment of degenerative lumbar spine disease: meta-analysis and implications for choice of fusion technique

• Relative lumbar lordosis and lordosis distribution index

8.21.20 - Center for Spine and Orthopedics

• Ambulatory Surgery Center Ownership Models

• Primary Single-level Lumbar Microdisectomy/Decompression at ASC vs Hospital-owned Outpatient Department - 90-day outcomes

• Safety of Single and Multi-level Cervical Total Disc Replacement in ASC

• Improving Blood Product Utilization at an ASC: 50 Patients with Lumbar Disc Replacement

8.28.20 - Swedish Neuroscience Institute

• A preoperative interdisciplinary biopsychosocial opioid reduction program in patients on chronic opioid analgesia prior to spine surgery: A preliminary report and case series

• "The Association Between Perioperative Allogeneic Transfusion Volume and Postoperative Infection in Patients Following Lumbar Spine Surgery“ 

• Obesity Is Associated With Inferior Results AfterSurgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis” 

• “Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review ” 

9.4.20 - Mayo Clinic

• Operative Compared with Nonoperative Treatment of Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture without Neurological Deficit

• Reliability assessment of AOspine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system and Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS) for thoracolumbar spine injuries: results of a multicenter study

• Posterior Short-Segment Fixation with or without Fusion for Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures 

• Outcomes in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures with a Thoracolumbar Injury Classification Score (TLICS) of 4 Treated with Surgery Versus Initial Conservative Management

9.11.20 - Barrow Neurological Institute

• Analysis of Cost and 30-Day Outcomes in Single-Level Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Less Invasive, Stand-Alone Lateral Transpsoas Interbody Fusion

• Optimizing Biomechanics of Anterior Column Realignment for Minimally Invasive Deformity Correctiony

• Neuroanesthesia Guidelines for Optimizing Transcranial Motor Evoked Potential Neuromonitoring During Deformity and Complex Spinal Surgery: A Delphi Consensus Study 

• Single-position Prone Lateral Approach: Cadaveric Feasibility Study and Early Clinical Experiencet

9.18.20 - Texas Back Institute

• Biomechanics of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty—A Review of Concepts and Current Technology (Partwarden and Havey)

• Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: 10-year Outcomes of the Prestige LP Cervical Disc at a Single Level

• Two-level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: 10-year Outcomes of a Prospective, Randomized Investigational Device Exemption Clinical Trial

• Efficacy and Safety of Total Disc Replacement with Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in the Treatment of Cervical Disease: A Meta-Analysis 

• Osteolysis After Cervical Disc Arthroplasty
  

9.25.20 - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

• An analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database, Part 1. Disability, quality of life, and pain outcomes following lumbar spine surgery: predicting likely individual patient outcomes for shared decision-making

• An analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database, Part 1. Disability, quality of life, and pain outcomes following lumbar spine surgery: predicting likely individual patient outcomes for shared decision-making

• The MISDEF2 algorithm: an updated algorithm for patient selection in minimally invasive deformity surgery

• Predicting nonroutine discharge after elective spine surgery: external validation of machine learning algorithms

10.09.20 - Texas Back Institute

•  Assessing the Difference in Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes Between Expandable Cage and Nonexpandable Cage Among Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Interbody Fusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Does interbody cage lordosis impact actual segmental lordosis achieved in minimally invasive lumbar spine fusion?

• Resting Pain Level as a Preoperative Predictor of Success With Indirect Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Pilot Study

• Radiation exposure in minimally invasive lumbar fusion surgery: A randomized controlledtrial comparing conventional fluoroscopy and 3D fluoroscopy-based navigation

•  Is Endoscopic Discectomy the Next Gold Standard in the Management of LumbarDisc Disease? Systematic Review and Superiority Analysis

10.16.20 - University of California San Fransisco

•  Brief Intro ERAS in spine and Development and implementation of a comprehensive spine surgery enhanced recovery after surgery protocol: the Cleveland Clinic experience'

• Benefits of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery for fusion in degenerative spine surgery: impact on outcome, length of stay, and patient satisfaction

•  Helping spine surgeons detect pre-surgical psychological distress in complex spine patients: an observational pilot study

• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Reduces Postoperative Opioid Use and 90-Day Readmission Rates After Open Thoracolumbar Fusion for Adult Degenerative Deformity

10.23.20 - University of Louisville

• Minimally Invasive multilevel lateral lumbar interbody fusion with posterior column osteotomy compared with pedicle subtraction osteotomy for adult spinal deformity

• Factors Predictive of Adjacent Segment Disease After Lumbar Spinal Fusion

• Should Thoracolumbar Junction Be Always Avoided as Upper Instrumented Vertebra in Long Instrumented Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity?

• Enhanced Recovery Implementation and Perioperative Outcomes in Posterior Fusion Patients

10.30.20 - Center for Spine and Orthopedics

• Surgical versus Non-Operative Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation: Four-Year Results for the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)

• MRI Radiological Predictors of Requiring Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy After Lumbar Disc Herniation

• Factors Affecting Early and 1-Year Motor Recovery Following Lumbar Microdiscectomy in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Prospective Cohort Review

• Return to sport after open and microdiscectomy surgery versus conservative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review with metaanalysis

11.6.20 - Swedish Neuroscience Institute

• Anterior corpectomy via the mini-open, extreme lateral, transpsoas approach combined with short-segment posterior fixation for single-level traumatic lumbar burst fractures: analysis of health-related quality of life outcomes and patient satisfaction

• Comparative analysis of 3 surgical strategies for adult spinal deformity with mild to moderate sagittal imbalance

• Preliminary results of anterior lumbar interbody fusion, anterior column realignment for the treatment of sagittal malalignment

• Intraoperative and early postoperative complications in extreme lateral interbody fusion: an analysis of 600 cases

• The prone transpsoas technique: preliminary radiographic results of a multicenter experience

11.13. 20 Indiana Spine Group

• Relationship between sagittal balance and adjacent segment disease in surgical treatment of degenerative lumbar spine disease: meta-analysis and implications for choice of fusion technique

• Risk Factors of Adjacent Segment Disease Requiring Surgery After Lumbar Spinal Fusion

• Adjacent Segment Degeneration in the Lumbar Spine

• The Difference in Superior Adjacent Segment Pathology After Lumbar Posterolateral Fusion by Using 2 Different Pedicle Screw Insertion Techniques in 9-Year Minimum Follow-up

11.20.20 Swedish Neuroscience Institute

• Deep brain stimulation as a treatment for Parkinson's disease related camptocormia

• Surgical management of camptocormia in Parkinson's disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

• Surgical treatment of spinal disorders in Parkinson's disease

• Spinal Surgery for Parkinson Disease With Camptocormia: Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study With Degenerative Sagittal Imbalance (DSI)

• Spinal Fusion in Parkinson's Disease Patients: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis With Minimum 2-Year Surveillance

12.4.20 Cedars-Sinai

• Minimally Invasive Robotic Versus Open Fluoroscopic-guided Spinal Instrumented Fusions A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Initial intraoperative experience with robotic‐assisted pedicle screw placement with stealth navigation in pediatric spine deformity: an evaluation of the first 40 cases

• Safety and accuracy of robot-assisted placement of pedicle screws compared to conventional free-hand technique: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Does the accuracy of pedicle screw placement differ between the attending surgeon and resident in navigated robotic‐assisted minimally invasive spine surgery?

• Robot-Assisted Pedicle Screw Placement: Learning Curve Experience

12.11.20 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

• Conservative Management of Type II Odontoid Fractures in Older People: A Retrospective Observational Comparison of Osseous Union Versus

  Nonunion

• C1-C2 Fusion Versus Occipito-Cervical Fusion for High Cervical Fractures: A Multi-Institutional Database Analysis and Review of the Literature

• Is magnetic resonance imaging becoming the new computed tomography for cervical spine clearance? Trends in magnetic resonance imaging utilization at a Level I trauma center

• The case for the future role of evidence-based medicine in the management of cervical spine injuries, with or without fractures

12.18.20 - University of Maryland

• Elderly Complications and Readmissions

• Incidence of C5 nerve root palsy after cervical surgery: A meta-analysis for last decade

• Effect of Topical Steroid on Swallowing following ACDF: Results of a Prospective Double-Blind Randomized Control Trial

• Meta-analysis of topical vancomycin powder for microbial profile in spinal surgical site infections

• Epidemiology and Outcomes of Vertebral Artery Injury in 16 582 Cervical Spine Surgery Patients: An AOSpine North America Multicenter Study