Spinal Fusion

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend": Unrecognized incidental findings on intraoperative computed tomography during spine instrumentation surgery. 
  • 2012 Young Investigator Award winner: The distribution of body mass as a significant risk factor for lumbar spinal fusion postoperative infections. 
  • A Comparison of Minimally Invasive and Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Grade 1 Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: An Analysis of the Prospective Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • A Comparison of Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Accuracy Between Robotic Navigation and Novel Fluoroscopy-Based Instrument Tracking for Patients Undergoing Instrumented Thoracolumbar Surgery. 
  • A Multicenter Evaluation of Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes Following High-grade Spondylolisthesis Reduction and Fusion. 
  • A Novel Weave Tether Technique for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Prevention in 71 Adult Spinal Deformity Patients: A Preliminary Case Series Assessing Early Complications and Efficacy. 
  • A Pilot Study on Posterior Polyethylene Tethers to Prevent Proximal Junctional Kyphosis After Multilevel Spinal Instrumentation for Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • A Prospective Comparison of the Effects of Instrument Tracking on Time and Radiation During Minimally Invasive Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • A Radiographic Analysis of Lumbar Fusion Status and Instrumentation Failure After Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery With Spinopelvic Fixation: Two-Year Follow-up From the Scoli-Risk-1 Prospective Database. 
  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Low-Dose Tranexamic Acid versus Placebo to Reduce Red Blood Cell Transfusion During Complex Multilevel Spine Fusion Surgery. 
  • A biomechanical, radiologic, and clinical comparison of outcome after multilevel cervical laminectomy or laminoplasty in the rabbit. 
  • A bony Chance fracture through L1 following posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case report. 
  • A comparative effectiveness trial of postoperative management for lumbar spine surgery: changing behavior through physical therapy (CBPT) study protocol. 
  • A comparison of hemoglobin measured by co-oximetry and central laboratory during major spine fusion surgery. 
  • A comparison of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and decompression alone for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. 
  • A comparison of three methods of pain control for posterior spinal fusions in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. 
  • A cost analysis of bone morphogenetic protein versus autogenous iliac crest bone graft in single-level anterior lumbar fusion. 
  • A prospective, multi-institutional comparative effectiveness study of lumbar spine surgery in morbidly obese patients: does minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion result in superior outcomes? 
  • A systematic assessment of the use of platelet-rich plasma in spinal fusion. 
  • A systematic review of the use of expandable cages in the cervical spine. 
  • Abnormal fatty acid metabolism in spinal muscular atrophy may predispose to perioperative risks. 
  • Accuracy of computerized frameless stereotactic image-guided pedicle screw placement into previously fused lumbar spines. 
  • Acquired lumbar spinal stenosis. 
  • Adding thoracic fusion levels in Lenke 5 curves: risks and benefits. 
  • Administrative Data Are Unreliable for Ranking Hospital Performance Based on Serious Complications After Spine Fusion. 
  • Adult degenerative scoliosis: a review. 
  • Alignment Risk Factors for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and the Effect of Lower Thoracic Junctional Tethers for Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • An assessment of frailty as a tool for risk stratification in adult spinal deformity surgery. 
  • An injectable method for noninvasive spine fusion. 
  • Analysis of Complications with Staged Surgery for Less Invasive Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • Analysis of Intraoperative Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Combined With Image Guidance for Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Analysis of the impact of race on blood transfusion in pediatric scoliosis surgery. 
  • Anterior disc excision and interbody spinal fusion for chronic low back pain. 
  • Anterior intervertebral discectomy and arthrodesis for treatment of low back pain with or without radiculopathy. 
  • Anterior scoliosis rod migration to the lower extremity. 
  • Anterior versus posterior surgical approaches to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy: outcomes of the prospective multicenter AOSpine North America CSM study in 264 patients. 
  • Approach Selection: Multiple Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion to Recreate Lumbar Lordosis Versus Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: When, Why, How? 
  • Appropriate Use of Limited Interventions vs Extensive Surgery in the Elderly Patient With Spinal Disorders. 
  • Are Exercise and Physical Therapy Common Forms of Conservative Management in the Year Before Lumbar Spine Surgery? 
  • Are Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons or Classical Open Spine Surgeons More Consistent with Their Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity? 
  • Are surgeons' preferences for instrumentation related to patient outcomes? A randomized clinical trial of two implants for idiopathic scoliosis. 
  • Are the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Für Osteosynthesefragen (AO) Principles for Long Bone Fractures Applicable to 3-Column Osteotomy to Reduce Rod Fracture Rates? 
  • Assessment of Impact of Long-Cassette Standing X-Rays on Surgical Planning for Cervical Pathology: An International Survey of Spine Surgeons. 
  • Assessment of Patient Outcomes and Proximal Junctional Failure Rate of Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Undergoing Caudal Extension of Previous Spinal Fusion. 
  • Assessment of Surgical Treatment Strategies for Moderate to Severe Cervical Spinal Deformity Reveals Marked Variation in Approaches, Osteotomies, and Fusion Levels. 
  • Assessment of symptomatic rod fracture after posterior instrumented fusion for adult spinal deformity. 
  • Authors' reply to Letter to the Editor regarding: Impaction durability of porous PEEK and titanium-coated PEEK interbody fusion devices. 
  • Back stabber: ladder fall causing traumatic aortic transection. 
  • Basilar invagination. 
  • Beware of open triradiate cartilage: 1 in 4 patients will lose > 10° of correction following posterior only fusion. 
  • Bilateral pulmonary emboli associated with intraoperative use of thrombin-based hemostatic matrix following lumbar spine interbody fusion. 
  • Bilateral transpedicular decompression and Harrington rod stabilization in the management of severe thoracolumbar burst fractures. 
  • Biomechanical analysis of the upper thoracic spine after decompressive procedures. 
  • Bone graft options for spinal fusion following resection of spinal column tumors: systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Bony Lateral Recess Stenosis and Other Radiographic Predictors of Failed Indirect Decompression via Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion: Multi-Institutional Analysis of 101 Consecutive Spinal Levels. 
  • C-2 neurectomy during atlantoaxial instrumented fusion in the elderly: patient satisfaction and surgical outcome. 
  • C5 palsy after cervical laminectomy and fusion: does width of laminectomy matter? 
  • Can Surgeon Demographic Factors Predict Postoperative Complication Rates After Elective Spinal Fusion? 
  • Can a Minimal Clinically Important Difference Be Achieved in Elderly Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Who Undergo Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery? 
  • Can unsupervised cluster analysis identify patterns of complex adult spinal deformity with distinct perioperative outcomes? 
  • Cancer after spinal fusion: the role of bone morphogenetic protein. 
  • Cervical Fusion for Absent Pedicle Syndrome Manifesting with Myelopathy. 
  • Cervical compensatory alignment changes following correction of adult thoracic deformity: a multicenter experience in 57 patients with a 2-year follow-up. 
  • Cervical mismatch: the normative value of T1 slope minus cervical lordosis and its ability to predict ideal cervical lordosis. 
  • Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with severe axial neck pain: is anterior or posterior approach better? 
  • Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: complications and outcomes after spinal fusion. 
  • Changes in health-related quality of life measures associated with degree of proximal junctional kyphosis. 
  • Changes in thoracic kyphosis negatively impact sagittal alignment after lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy: a comprehensive radiographic analysis. 
  • Clinical and radiographic parameters that distinguish between the best and worst outcomes of scoliosis surgery for adults. 
  • Clinical implication of complications on patient perceived health status following spinal fusion surgery. 
  • Clinical outcomes following sublaminar decompression and instrumented fusion for lumbar degenerative spinal pathology. 
  • Clinical outcomes of extreme lateral interbody fusion in the treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis. 
  • Combined magnetic field results in higher fusion rates than pulsed electromagnetic field bone stimulation after thoracolumbar fusion surgery. 
  • Combined preoperative traction with instrumented posterior occipitocervical fusion for severe ventral brainstem compression secondary to displaced os odontoideum: technical report of 2 cases. 
  • Comment: Neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring in "low-risk" spine surgeries. 
  • Commentary: Appropriate Use Criteria for Lumbar Degenerative Scoliosis: Developing Evidence-based Guidance for Complex Treatment Decisions. 
  • Commentary: Expandable Cage Technology-Transforaminal, Anterior, and Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Commentary: Preoperative HbA1c > 8% Is Associated With Poor Outcomes in Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative Study. 
  • Commentary: Sacral Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy for Treatment of High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: A Technical Note and Review of the Literature. 
  • Commentary: Safe Electromyography Stimulation Thresholds Within Kambin's Triangle During Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Commentary: The Phenotypes of Anxiety and Depression: Analysis of Combined Comorbidity and Treatment in Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion. 
  • Commentary: The Results of Interfacetal Fusion Using Local Bone Combined With an Atlantoaxial Instrumentation. 
  • Comparable satisfaction and clinical outcomes after surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the adult (AISA) between the US and Japan. 
  • Comparative analysis of perioperative complications between a multicenter prospective cervical deformity database and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. 
  • Comparison of Complications and Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes Between Nonobese and Obese Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Undergoing Minimally Invasive Surgery. 
  • Comparison of Cotrel-Dubousset and Harrington rod instrumentations in idiopathic scoliosis. 
  • Comparison of Outcomes Following Anterior vs Posterior Fusion Surgery for Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An Analysis From Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Comparison of Segmental Lordosis and Global Spinopelvic Alignment After Single-Level Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion or Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Comparison of best versus worst clinical outcomes for adult spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective review of a prospectively collected, multicenter database with 2-year follow-up. 
  • Comparison of complication rates of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a systematic review of the literature. 
  • Comparison of cost and complication rates for profiling hospital performance in lumbar fusion for spondylolisthesis. 
  • Comparison of patient and surgeon perceptions of adverse events after adult spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Comparison of radiographic results after minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgery for adult spinal deformity: a multicenter study of 184 patients. 
  • Comparison of superior-level facet joint violations during open and percutaneous pedicle screw placement. 
  • Comparison of two minimally invasive surgery strategies to treat adult spinal deformity. 
  • Complication avoidance and management in anterior lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Complication rates associated with open versus percutaneous pedicle screw instrumentation among patients undergoing minimally invasive interbody fusion for adult spinal deformity. 
  • Complication rates of three common spine procedures and rates of thromboembolism following spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. 
  • Complications and intercenter variability of three-column osteotomies for spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective review of 423 patients. 
  • Complications in adult spinal deformity surgery: an analysis of minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgical techniques. 
  • Complications in spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the new millennium. A report of the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. 
  • Complications in the surgical treatment of 19,360 cases of pediatric scoliosis: a review of the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality database. 
  • Complications of spinal fusion for scheuermann kyphosis: a report of the scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality committee. 
  • Complications, reoperation rates, and health-care cost following surgical treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis. 
  • Congenital Kyphosis: Progressive Correction With an Instrumented Posterior Epiphysiodesis: A Preliminary Report. 
  • Congenital Scoliosis of the Pediatric Cervical Spine: Characterization of a 17-Patient Operative Cohort. 
  • Contralateral radiculopathy after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Coronal Correction Using Kickstand Rods for Adult Thoracolumbar/Lumbar Scoliosis: Case Series With Analysis of Early Outcomes and Complications. 
  • Correlation of 2-year SRS-22r and ODI patient-reported outcomes with 5-year patient-reported outcomes after complex spinal fusion: a 5-year single-institution study of 118 patients. 
  • Cosmetic and functional outcomes following paramedian and anterolateral retroperitoneal access in anterior lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Cost-Utility Analysis of rhBMP-2 Use in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment of Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis an Intent-to-treat Analysis at 5-year Follow-up. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of adult lumbar scoliosis surgery: an as-treated analysis from the adult symptomatic scoliosis surgery trial with 5-year follow-up. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: experience with the NeuroPoint-SD registry. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of surgical treatment of adult spinal deformity: comparison of posterior-only versus anteroposterior approach. 
  • Crossing the Cervicothoracic Junction in Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion: A Cohort Analysis. 
  • Current applications of robotics in spine surgery: a systematic review of the literature. 
  • Decompression of Lumbar Central Spinal Canal Stenosis Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Defining postoperative C5 palsy and recovery: a systematic review. 
  • Defining rates and causes of mortality associated with spine surgery: comparison of 2 data collection approaches through the Scoliosis Research Society. 
  • Deformity Correction Through the Use of Reduction Towers: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. 
  • Degenerative Spinal Deformity. 
  • Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: An Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database. 
  • Degenerative lumbar stenosis: the neurosurgical perspective. 
  • Depression as an independent predictor of postoperative delirium in spine deformity patients undergoing elective spine surgery. 
  • Development and Validation of a Multidomain Surgical Complication Classification System for Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • Development and validation of a generalizable model for predicting major transfusion during spine fusion surgery. 
  • 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. 
  • Development of a Metastatic Spinal Tumor Frailty Index (MSTFI) Using a Nationwide Database and Its Association with Inpatient Morbidity, Mortality, and Length of Stay After Spine Surgery. 
  • Development of a Novel Cervical Deformity Surgical Invasiveness Index. 
  • Dexmedetomidine infusion for sedation during fiberoptic intubation: a report of three cases. 
  • Diabetes and early postoperative outcomes following lumbar fusion. 
  • Diabetes and perioperative outcomes following cervical fusion in patients with myelopathy. 
  • Differences in the outcomes of anterior versus posterior interbody fusion surgery of the lumbar spine: a propensity score-controlled cohort analysis of 10,941 patients. 
  • Disparities in the outcomes of lumbar spinal stenosis surgery based on insurance status. 
  • Distant Harrington rod migration 35 years after implantation. 
  • Do 1-year outcomes predict 2-year outcomes for adult deformity surgery? 
  • Do Demographic Factors of Spine Surgeons Affect the Rate at Which Spinal Fusion Is Performed on Patients? 
  • Do obese patients have worse outcomes after direct lateral interbody fusion compared to non-obese patients? 
  • Does MIS Surgery Allow for Shorter Constructs in the Surgical Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity? 
  • Does Patient Frailty Status Influence Recovery Following Spinal Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity?: An Analysis of Patients With 3-Year Follow-up. 
  • Does bone morphogenetic protein increase the incidence of perioperative complications in spinal fusion? A comparison of 55,862 cases of spinal fusion with and without bone morphogenetic protein. 
  • Does clinical improvement of symptomatic degenerative lumbar disease impact obesity? 
  • Does prior short-segment surgery for adult scoliosis impact perioperative complication rates and clinical outcome among patients undergoing scoliosis correction? 
  • Does recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 use in adult spinal deformity increase complications and are complications associated with location of rhBMP-2 use? A prospective, multicenter study of 279 consecutive patients. 
  • Does smoking have an impact on fusion rate in single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with allograft and rigid plate fixation? Clinical article. 
  • Does spinal fusion influence quality of life in neuromuscular scoliosis? 
  • Does treatment (nonoperative and operative) improve the two-year quality of life in patients with adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: a prospective multicenter evidence-based medicine study. 
  • Does vertebral level of pedicle subtraction osteotomy correlate with degree of spinopelvic parameter correction? 
  • Dorsal surgery for myelopathy and myeloradiculopathy. 
  • Early Self-directed Home Exercise Program After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Pilot Study. 
  • Editorial. Anterior cervical fusion and rhBMP-2: a prospective study is needed to assess optimal dosing and delivery. 
  • Editorial: Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2. 
  • Editorial: minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Effect of Antifibrinolytic Therapy on Complications, Thromboembolic Events, Blood Product Utilization, and Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Effective Prevention of Proximal Junctional Failure in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Requires a Combination of Surgical Implant Prophylaxis and Avoidance of Sagittal Alignment Overcorrection. 
  • Effectiveness of spinal fusion versus structured rehabilitation in chronic low back pain patients with and without isthmic spondylolisthesis: a systematic review. 
  • Effects of Conflicts of Interest on Practice Patterns and Complication Rates in Spine Surgery. 
  • Establishment of an Individualized Distal Junctional Kyphosis Risk Index following the Surgical Treatment of Adult Cervical Deformities. 
  • Evaluation of complications and neurological deficits with three-column spine reconstructions for complex spinal deformity: a retrospective Scoli-RISK-1 study. 
  • Evaluation of monoenergetic imaging to reduce metallic instrumentation artifacts in computed tomography of the cervical spine. 
  • Evidence supporting the use of bone morphogenetic proteins for spinal fusion surgery. 
  • Evolution of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Proximal Junctional Failure Rates Over 10 Years of Enrollment in a Prospective Multicenter Adult Spinal Deformity Database. 
  • Experience with intrawound vancomycin powder for posterior cervical fusion surgery. 
  • Expert's comment concerning grand rounds case entitled "surgical treatment of a 180° thoracolumbar fixed kyphosis in a young achondroplastic patient: a one stage 'in situ' combined fusion and spinal cord translocation" (by J. C. Aurégan, T. Odent, M. Zerah, J.-P. Padovani and C. Glorion). 
  • External fixation and surgical fusion for pediatric cervical spine injuries: Short-term outcomes. 
  • Extreme lateral interbody fusion approach for isolated thoracic and thoracolumbar spine diseases: initial clinical experience and early outcomes. 
  • Extreme lateral interbody fusion for the treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis. 
  • Extreme lateral interbody fusion with posterior instrumentation for spondylodiscitis. 
  • Faced joint locking. 
  • Factors Impacting Outcomes and Health Care Utilization in Osteoporotic Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Fusions: A MarketScan Database Analysis. 
  • Failure of a polyether-ether-ketone expandable interbody cage following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Failure of lumbopelvic fixation after long construct fusions in patients with adult spinal deformity: clinical and radiographic risk factors: clinical article. 
  • Fivefold higher rate of pseudarthrosis with polyetheretherketone interbody device than with structural allograft used for 1-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. 
  • Frequency and Acceptability of Adverse Events After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Survey Study From the Cervical Spine Research Society. 
  • Frequency, risk factors, and treatment of distal adjacent segment pathology after long thoracolumbar fusion: a systematic review. 
  • Front-Back Cervical Deformity Correction by Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Posterior Instrumentation: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. 
  • Functional Limitations Due to Lumbar Stiffness in Adults With and Without Spinal Deformity. 
  • Functional and quality-of-life outcomes in geriatric patients with type-II dens fracture. 
  • Fusion with occipital bone for atlantoaxial instability: technical note. 
  • Geographic variation in lumbar fusion for degenerative disorders: 1990 to 2000. 
  • Global coronal decompensation and adult spinal deformity surgery: comparison of upper-thoracic versus lower-thoracic proximal fixation for long fusions. 
  • Growth-friendly Spinal Instrumentation in Marfan Syndrome Achieves Sustained Gains in Thoracic Height Amidst High Rates of Implant Failure. 
  • Growth-preserving instrumentation in early-onset scoliosis patients with multi-level congenital anomalies. 
  • Health Care Utilization and Associated Economic Burden of Postoperative Surgical Site Infection after Spinal Surgery with Follow-Up of 24 Months. 
  • Holospinal epidural abscesses - Institutional experience. 
  • Hospital competitive intensity and perioperative outcomes following lumbar spinal fusion. 
  • Identification of decision criteria for revision surgery among patients with proximal junctional failure after surgical treatment of spinal deformity. 
  • Identifying Thoracic Compensation and Predicting Reciprocal Thoracic Kyphosis and Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Iliac crest bone graft donor site pain after anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a prospective patient satisfaction outcome assessment. 
  • Immediate Effects of Use of Recombinant Bone Morphogenetic Protein in Children Having Spinal Fusion and Refusion Procedures in United States. 
  • Impact of Age on Change in Self-Image 5 Years After Complex Spinal Fusion (≥5 Levels). 
  • Impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Postoperative Complication Rates, Ambulation, and Length of Hospital Stay After Elective Spinal Fusion (≥3 Levels) in Elderly Spine Deformity Patients. 
  • Impact of Increasing Age on Outcomes of Spinal Fusion in Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis. 
  • Impact of Intraoperative Monitoring During Elective Complex Spinal Fusions (≥4 Levels) on 30-Day Complication and Readmission Rates: A Single-Institutional Study of 643 Adult Patients with Spinal Deformity. 
  • Impact of Intraoperative Steroids on Postoperative Infection Rates and Length of Hospital Stay: A Study of 1200 Spine Surgery Patients. 
  • Impact of Movement Disorders on Management of Spinal Deformity in the Elderly. 
  • Impact of Race on 30-Day Complication Rates After Elective Complex Spinal Fusion (≥5 Levels): A Single Institutional Study of 446 Patients. 
  • Impact of Smoking on 30-day Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Impact of body habitus on perioperative morbidity associated with fusion of the thoracolumbar and lumbar spine. 
  • Impact of cost valuation on cost-effectiveness in adult spine deformity surgery. 
  • Impact of obesity on complications and outcomes: a comparison of fusion and nonfusion lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Impact of predominant symptom location among patients undergoing cervical spine surgery on 12-month outcomes: an analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Impact of preoperative neurological status on perioperative morbidity associated with anterior and posterior cervical fusion. 
  • Impact of smoking on postoperative complications after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. 
  • Impact of spinopelvic alignment on decision making in deformity surgery in adults: A review. 
  • Impact of subsidence on clinical outcomes and radiographic fusion rates in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review. 
  • Impact of surgical approach on complications and resource utilization of cervical spine fusion: a nationwide perspective to the surgical treatment of diffuse cervical spondylosis. 
  • Impact of surgical site infection and surgical debridement on lumbar arthrodesis: A single-institution analysis of incidence and risk factors. 
  • Impaction durability of porous polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) and titanium-coated PEEK interbody fusion devices. 
  • Implementation of an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Protocol in the Postanesthesia Care Unit for Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion Surgery. 
  • Implications of spinopelvic alignment for the spine surgeon. 
  • Improvement and International Validation of the Predictive Probability of the Patient Demographics, Radiographic Index, and Surgical Invasiveness for Mechanical Failure (PRISM) Model for Preventive Procedures in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Improvement in quality of life following surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. 
  • Improvement of back pain with operative and nonoperative treatment in adults with scoliosis. 
  • Improvements in Outcomes and Cost After Adult Spinal Deformity Corrective Surgery Between 2008 and 2019. 
  • In Reply: Incidence and Predictive Factors of Sepsis Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • In response. 
  • In-Hospital Complications and Resource Utilization Following Lumbar Spine Surgery in Patients with Parkinson Disease: Evaluation of the National Inpatient Sample Database. 
  • Incidence of perioperative medical complications and mortality among elderly patients undergoing surgery for spinal deformity: analysis of 3519 patients. 
  • Incidence, mode, and location of acute proximal junctional failures after surgical treatment of adult spinal deformity. 
  • Increased Risk of Chronic Opioid Use and Revision After Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion in Patients with Prior Shoulder Arthroscopy. 
  • Increased proximal vertebral rotation is associated with shoulder imbalance after posterior spinal fusion for severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. 
  • Infection related never events in pediatric patients undergoing spinal fusion procedures in United States: prevalence and predictors. 
  • Influence of perioperative complication severity on 1- and 2-year outcomes of low back surgery. 
  • Initial experience with extreme angle cervical screw for treatment of trauma and cervical spondylosis. 
  • Injury to hypopharynx by a foreign body with subsequent candida osteomyelitis of the upper cervical spine. 
  • Inpatient complications, mortality, and discharge disposition after surgical correction of idiopathic scoliosis: a national perspective. 
  • Instrument Tracking for Prone Lateral Surgery. 
  • Inter- and Intra-rater Reliability of the Hart-ISSG Proximal Junctional Failure Severity Scale. 
  • Interdisciplinary Care Model Independently Decreases Use of Critical Care Services After Corrective Surgery for Adult Degenerative Scoliosis. 
  • Intraoperative Electromyography in Awake Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Case Study on Nerve Activation Under the Effects of Local Anesthesia. 
  • Kickstand Rod Technique for Correcting Coronal Imbalance in Adult Scoliosis: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. 
  • Kickstand rods and correction of coronal malalignment in patients with adult spinal deformity. 
  • Laboratory Monitoring and Transfusion Guidelines to Influence Care in Patients Undergoing Multilevel Spinal Fusion Surgery. 
  • Laminectomy alone versus fusion for grade 1 lumbar spondylolisthesis in 426 patients from the prospective Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Laminectomy and fusion after spinal cord injury: national inpatient complications and outcomes. 
  • Laminoplasty versus laminectomy with fusion for the treatment of spondylotic cervical myelopathy: short-term follow-up. 
  • Laminoplasty versus laminectomy with posterior spinal fusion for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy: influence of cervical alignment on outcomes. 
  • Lateral mass screw fixation in the cervical spine. 
  • Lateral mass versus hybrid construct for cervical laminectomy and fusion. 
  • Less invasive surgery for treating adult spinal deformities: ceiling effects for deformity correction with 3 different techniques. 
  • Leveraging machine learning to ascertain the implications of preoperative body mass index on surgical outcomes for 282 patients with preoperative obesity and lumbar spondylolisthesis in the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Long-Segment Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity Correction Using Low-Dose Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2: A Retrospective Review of Fusion Rates. 
  • Low-Density Pedicle Screw Constructs Are Associated with Lower Incidence of Proximal Junctional Failure in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Low-Dose Ketamine Infusion to Decrease Postoperative Delirium for Spinal Fusion Patients. 
  • Lumbar disc excision in children and adolescents. 
  • Lumbar facet cyst resolution following anterior interbody fusion. 
  • Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods Graduation: Deformity Control with High Complication Rate. 
  • Maintenance of radiographic correction at 2 years following lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy is superior with upper thoracic compared with thoracolumbar junction upper instrumented vertebra. 
  • Making Meaningful Use of Price Transparency Data: Describing Price Variation of Spine Surgery and Imaging in a Single System. 
  • Male sex may not be associated with worse outcomes in primary all-posterior adult spinal deformity surgery: a multicenter analysis. 
  • Man-in-the-barrel syndrome after thoracoilium fusion. 
  • Management of a parturient with an acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis and posterior spinal instrumentation. 
  • Management of complex pediatric and adolescent spinal deformity. 
  • Management of high-grade spondylolisthesis. 
  • Management of iatrogenic flat-back syndrome. 
  • Medical Complications After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Impact. 
  • Mesenchymal stem cell and gene therapies for spinal fusion. 
  • Minimally Invasive Spinal Deformity Surgery: Analysis of Patients Who Fail to Reach Minimal Clinically Important Difference. 
  • Minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion in patients older than 70 years of age: analysis of peri- and postoperative complications. 
  • Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with expandable versus static interbody devices: radiographic assessment of sagittal segmental and pelvic parameters. 
  • Minimally invasive unilateral approach for bilateral decompression of spinal stenosis and modified transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis. 
  • Minimally invasive versus open fusion for Grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for grade I lumbar spondylolisthesis: 5-year follow-up from the prospective multicenter Quality Outcomes Database registry. 
  • Minimally invasive, robot-assisted, anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a technical note. 
  • Monitoring. 
  • Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,242 adults with spondylolisthesis. 
  • Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,329 adults with degenerative lumbar stenosis. 
  • More Than 1 in 3 Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain Continue to Use Opioids Long-term After Spinal Fusion: A Systematic Review. 
  • Multicenter assessment of outcomes and complications associated with transforaminal versus anterior lumbar interbody fusion for fractional curve correction. 
  • Multicenter validation of a formula predicting postoperative spinopelvic alignment. 
  • Multilevel thoracic pedicle aplasia causing congenital thoracic kyphosis: case report. 
  • Multiple symptomatic vertebral artery loops treated with posterior cervical fusion. 
  • Multiple-day drainage when using bone morphogenic protein for long-segment thoracolumbar fusions is associated with low rates of wound complications. 
  • National trends in spinal fusion for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. 
  • Negative pressure wound therapy reduces incidence of postoperative wound infection and dehiscence after long-segment thoracolumbar spinal fusion: a single institutional experience. 
  • Neuromuscular Scoliosis: Current Concepts. 
  • No difference in postoperative complications, pain, and functional outcomes up to 2 years after incidental durotomy in lumbar spinal fusion: a prospective, multi-institutional, propensity-matched analysis of 1,741 patients. 
  • Occipital-Cervical Fusion and Ventral Decompression in the Surgical Management of Chiari-1 Malformation and Syringomyelia: Analysis of Data From the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium. 
  • Occipitocervical fusion with rigid internal fixation: long-term follow-up data in 69 patients. 
  • Operative Treatment of Severe Scoliosis in Symptomatic Adults: Multicenter Assessment of Outcomes and Complications With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up. 
  • Operative and nonoperative treatment approaches for lumbar degenerative disc disease have similar long-term clinical outcomes among patients with positive discography. 
  • Operative time and learning curve between fluoroscopy-based instrument tracking and robot-assisted instrumentation for patients undergoing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF). 
  • Optimal surgical care for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an international consensus. 
  • Optimizing the Definition of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis: A Sensitivity Analysis. 
  • Osteocel Plus cellular allograft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: evaluation of clinical and radiographic outcomes from a prospective multicenter study. 
  • Osteoradionecrosis mimicking metastatic epidural spinal cord compression. 
  • Outcomes after cervical laminectomy with instrumented fusion versus expansile laminoplasty: a propensity matched study of 3185 patients. 
  • Outcomes after laminoplasty compared with laminectomy and fusion in patients with cervical myelopathy: a systematic review. 
  • Outcomes after surgery for cervical spine deformity: review of the literature. 
  • Outcomes and complications following spinous process fixation: a single-center analysis of 192 cases. 
  • Outcomes and complications of extension of previous long fusion to the sacro-pelvis: is an anterior approach necessary? 
  • Outcomes of Surgical Treatment for 138 Patients With Severe Sagittal Deformity at a Minimum 2-Year Follow-up: A Case Series. 
  • Outcomes of bone morphogenetic protein-2 in mature adults: posterolateral non-instrument-assisted lumbar decompression and fusion. 
  • Pain Impact, Emotional Distress, and Sleep Disturbance: Three Distinct Constructs Before and 3 Months After Total Joint Arthroplasty and Spinal Fusion: An Observational Longitudinal Study. 
  • Pain and disability determine treatment modality for older patients with adult scoliosis, while deformity guides treatment for younger patients. 
  • Patient satisfaction after multiple revision surgeries for adult spinal deformity. 
  • Patients Who Undergo Primary Lumbar Spine Fusion After Recent but Not Remote Total Hip Arthroplasty Are at Increased Risk for Complications, Revision Surgery, and Prolonged Opioid Use. 
  • Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity with Previous Fusions Have an Equal Chance of Reaching Substantial Clinical Benefit Thresholds in Health-Related Quality of Life Measures but Do Not Reach the Same Absolute Level of Improvement. 
  • Patients with a depressive and/or anxiety disorder can achieve optimum Long term outcomes after surgery for grade 1 spondylolisthesis: Analysis from the quality outcomes database (QOD). 
  • Patients with spinal deformity over the age of 75: a retrospective analysis of operative versus non-operative management. 
  • Pediatric spinal deformities. 
  • Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy in the Revision Versus Primary Adult Spinal Deformity Patient: Is There a Difference in Correction and Complications? 
  • Pedicle screw placement accuracy using ultra-low radiation imaging with image enhancement versus conventional fluoroscopy in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: an internally randomized controlled trial. 
  • Pelvic Nonresponse Following Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity: Influence of Realignment Strategies on Occurrence. 
  • Pelvic obliquity after fusion of the spine in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 
  • Percentage change in hemoglobin level and morbidity in spine surgery patients. 
  • Perioperative and delayed complications associated with the surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy based on 302 patients from the AOSpine North America Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Study. 
  • Perioperative characteristics and complications in obese patients undergoing anterior cervical fusion surgery. 
  • Perioperative management of a pediatric patient with short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. 
  • Poor Nutrition Status and Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery in the Elderly: Readmissions, Complications, and Mortality. 
  • Postdischarge antibiotic use for prophylaxis following spinal fusion. 
  • Posterior Polyethylene Tethers Reduce Occurrence of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis After Multilevel Spinal Instrumentation for Adult Spinal Deformity: A Retrospective Analysis. 
  • Posterior atlantoaxial fixation with screw-rod constructs: safety, advantages, and shortcomings. 
  • Posterior global malalignment after osteotomy for sagittal plane deformity: it happens and here is why. 
  • Posterior optic nerve ischemic neuropathy in the setting of phenoxybenzamine therapy after uneventful spinal fusion. 
  • Postoperative dysphagia correlates with increased morbidity, mortality, and costs in anterior cervical fusion. 
  • Postoperative infection in spine surgery: does the month matter? 
  • Postoperative management of incidental durotomy in minimally invasive lumbar spinal surgery. 
  • Postoperative pyoderma gangrenosum after spinal fusion with instrumentation: case report. 
  • Postoperative spinal fusion care in pediatric patients: Co-management decreases length of stay. 
  • Potential of predictive computer models for preoperative patient selection to enhance overall quality-adjusted life years gained at 2-year follow-up: a simulation in 234 patients with adult spinal deformity. 
  • Predicting major adverse cardiac events in spine fusion patients: is the revised cardiac risk index sufficient? 
  • Predictors of the Best Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Surgery for Grade 1 Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. 
  • Preoperative Hemoglobin Level is Associated with Increased Health Care Use After Elective Spinal Fusion (≥3 Levels) in Elderly Male Patients with Spine Deformity. 
  • Preoperative serum albumin level as a predictor of postoperative complication after spine fusion. 
  • Progressive Spinal Kyphosis in the Aging Population. 
  • Prospective Multicenter Assessment of Early Complication Rates Associated With Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery in 78 Patients. 
  • Prospective analysis of incidence and risk factors of dysphagia in spine surgery patients: comparison of anterior cervical, posterior cervical, and lumbar procedures. 
  • Prospective multi-centric evaluation of upper cervical and infra-cervical sagittal compensatory alignment in patients with adult cervical deformity. 
  • Prospective multicenter assessment of perioperative and minimum 2-year postoperative complication rates associated with adult spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Prospective multicenter assessment of risk factors for rod fracture following surgery for adult spinal deformity. 
  • Proximal Junctional Kyphosis: Inter- and Intra-observer Reliability of Radiographic Measurements in Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • Proximal junctional failure in primary thoracolumbar fusion/fixation to the sacrum/pelvis for adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: long-term follow-up of a prospective multicenter cohort of 160 patients. 
  • Proximal junctional kyphosis as a distinct form of adjacent segment pathology after spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review. 
  • Pseudarthrosis in adult and pediatric spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis of incidence, characteristics, and risk factors. 
  • Pseudarthrosis rate following anterior cervical discectomy with fusion using an allograft cellular bone matrix: a multi-institutional analysis. 
  • Pseudogout of the cervical and thoracic spine mimicking infection after lumbar fusion: case report. 
  • Psychological Predictors of Outcomes with Lumbar Spinal Fusion: A Systematic Literature Review. 
  • Psychosocial factors and surgical outcomes: are elderly depressed patients less satisfied with surgery? 
  • Racial disparities in outcomes of spinal surgery for lumbar stenosis. 
  • Radiation exposure to the surgeon during minimally invasive spine procedures is directly estimated by patient dose. 
  • Radiographic Fusion Grade Does Not Impact Health-Related Quality of Life in the Absence of Instrumentation Failure for Patients Undergoing Posterior Instrumented Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity. 
  • Radiographic alignment outcomes after the single-position prone transpsoas approach: a multi-institutional retrospective review of 363 cases. 
  • Radiographic and clinical outcomes following single-level anterior cervical discectomy and allograft fusion without plate placement or cervical collar. 
  • Radiographic outcome and complications after single-level lumbar extended pedicle subtraction osteotomy for fixed sagittal malalignment: a retrospective analysis of 55 adult spinal deformity patients with a minimum 2-year follow-up. 
  • Radiographic restoration of lumbar alignment after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Randomized controlled trials for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: which patients benefit from lumbar fusion? 
  • Rate of instrumentation changes on postoperative and follow-up radiographs after primary complex spinal fusion (five or more levels) for adult deformity correction. 
  • Rates of Loosening, Failure, and Revision of Iliac Fixation in Adult Deformity Surgery. 
  • Rates of infection after spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. 
  • Re-operation After Long-Segment Fusions for Adult Spinal Deformity: The Impact of Extending the Construct Below the Lumbar Spine. 
  • Reaching the medicare allowable threshold in adult spinal deformity surgery: multicenter cost analysis comparing actual direct hospital costs versus what the government will pay. 
  • Readmission after spinal cord injury: analysis of an institutional cohort of 795 patients. 
  • Recent Trends in Medicare Utilization and Reimbursement for Lumbar Fusion Procedures: 2000-2019. 
  • Recent and Emerging Advances in Spinal Deformity. 
  • Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 as an adjunct for spine fusion in a pediatric population. 
  • Recurrent Proximal Junctional Kyphosis: Incidence, Risk Factors, Revision Rates, and Outcomes at 2-Year Minimum Follow-up. 
  • Reduced Impact of Smoking Status on 30-Day Complication and Readmission Rates After Elective Spinal Fusion (≥3 Levels) for Adult Spine Deformity: A Single Institutional Study of 839 Patients. 
  • Reduced occurrence of primary rod fracture after adult spinal deformity surgery with accessory supplemental rods: retrospective analysis of 114 patients with minimum 2-year follow-up. 
  • Removal of sublaminar wires after spinal fusion. 
  • Renal artery injury during lateral transpsoas interbody fusion: case report. 
  • Renal osteodystrophy: neurosurgical considerations and challenges. 
  • Reoperation rates and impact on outcome in a large, prospective, multicenter, adult spinal deformity database: clinical article. 
  • Reoperation rates in minimally invasive, hybrid and open surgical treatment for adult spinal deformity with minimum 2-year follow-up. 
  • Results of lumbosacral fusion for degenerative disc disease with and without instrumentation. Two- to five-year follow-up. 
  • Results of surgical treatment of painful adult scoliosis. 
  • Retrospective analysis underestimates neurological deficits in complex spinal deformity surgery: a Scoli-RISK-1 Study. 
  • Retrospective, propensity score-matched cohort study examining timing of fracture fixation for traumatic thoracolumbar fractures. 
  • Return of normal urological and neurological function after revision surgery for spondyloptosis. Case report. 
  • Return to work after adult spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Reversal of lifelong mutism after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for myelopathy. 
  • Revision extension to the pelvis versus primary spinopelvic instrumentation in adult deformity: comparison of clinical outcomes and complications. 
  • Revision lumbar surgery in elderly patients with symptomatic pseudarthrosis, adjacent-segment disease, or same-level recurrent stenosis. Part 2. A cost-effectiveness analysis: clinical article. 
  • Risk Assessment and Characterization of 30-Day Perioperative Myocardial Infarction Following Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis of 1346 Consecutive Adult Patients. 
  • Risk factors for postoperative spinal wound infections after spinal decompression and fusion surgeries. 
  • Risk of Postoperative Complications and Revision Surgery Following Robot-assisted Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion. 
  • Risk of Revision Shoulder Surgery, Complications, and Prolonged Opioid Use in Patients Undergoing Shoulder Arthroscopy Who Have Previously Undergone Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. 
  • Risk-benefit assessment of surgery for adult scoliosis: an analysis based on patient age. 
  • Robotic-Assisted Trajectory Into Kambin's Triangle During Percutaneous Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion-Initial Case Series Investigating Safety and Efficacy. 
  • Robotic-assisted percutaneous iliac screw fixation for destructive lumbosacral metastatic lesions: an early single-institution experience. 
  • Rod Fracture After Apparently Solid Radiographic Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients. 
  • Rod fractures in thoracolumbar fusions to the sacrum/pelvis for adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: long-term follow-up of a prospective, multicenter cohort of 160 patients. 
  • Role of plate thickness as a cause of dysphagia after anterior cervical fusion. 
  • S2-Alar-Iliac Screws are Associated with Lower Rate of Symptomatic Screw Prominence than Iliac Screws: Radiographic Analysis of Minimal Distance from Screw Head to Skin. 
  • SF-36 PCS benefit-cost ratio of lumbar fusion comparison to other surgical interventions: a thought experiment. 
  • SRS-22R Minimum Clinically Important Difference and Substantial Clinical Benefit After Adult Lumbar Scoliosis Surgery. 
  • Sacral tumor resection and the impact on pelvic incidence. 
  • Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Using Robotic Navigation: Technical Note and Case Series. 
  • Safety and feasibility of an early telephone-supported home exercise program after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a case series. 
  • Safety, efficacy, and dosing of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 for posterior cervical and cervicothoracic instrumented fusion with a minimum 2-year follow-up. 
  • Sagittal age-adjusted score (SAAS) for adult spinal deformity (ASD) more effectively predicts surgical outcomes and proximal junctional kyphosis than previous classifications. 
  • Sagittal cervical alignment after cervical disc arthroplasty and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: results of a prospective, randomized, controlled trial. 
  • Segmental contribution toward total cervical range of motion: a comparison of cervical disc arthroplasty and fusion. 
  • Segmental contribution toward total lumbar range of motion in disc replacement and fusions: a comparison of operative and adjacent levels. 
  • Selecting caudal fusion levels: 2 year functional and stiffness outcomes with matched pairs analysis in multilevel fusion to L5 versus S1. 
  • Selective versus nonselective fusion for idiopathic scoliosis: does lumbosacral takeoff angle change? 
  • Severe dysphagia secondary to posterior C1-C3 instrumentation in a patient with atlantoaxial traumatic injury: a case report and review of the literature. 
  • Sexual Dysfunction Secondary to Lumbar Stiffness in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Before and After Long-Segment Spinal Fusion. 
  • Sexual function in older adults following thoracolumbar to pelvic instrumentation for spinal deformity. 
  • Shared Decision-Making for Juvenile Scoliosis. 
  • Short-term complications associated with surgery for high-grade spondylolisthesis in adults and pediatric patients: a report from the scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality database. 
  • Short-term morbidity and mortality associated with correction of thoracolumbar fixed sagittal plane deformity: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. 
  • Single-position prone transpsoas fusion for the treatment of lumbar adjacent segment disease: early experience of twenty-four cases across three tertiary medical centers. 
  • Spinal Deformity Complexity Checklist for Minimally Invasive Surgery: Expert Consensus from the Minimally Invasive International Spine Study Group. 
  • Spinal Fusion for Pediatric Spondylolisthesis: National Trends, Complications, and Short-Term Outcomes. 
  • Spinal bone density following spinal fusion. 
  • Spinal fusion for pediatric neuromuscular scoliosis: national trends, complications, and in-hospital outcomes. 
  • Spine surgery under awake spinal anesthesia: an Egyptian experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
  • Spinopelvic parameters in postfusion flatback deformity patients. 
  • Spontaneous Lumbar Curve Correction Following Vertebral Body Tethering of Main Thoracic Curves. 
  • Stabilization of the sacroiliac joint. 
  • Steroid treatment and the development of scoliosis in males with duchenne muscular dystrophy. 
  • Stiffness After Pan-Lumbar Arthrodesis for Adult Spinal Deformity Does Not Significantly Impact Patient Functional Status or Satisfaction Irrespective of Proximal Endpoint. 
  • Strength and stability of posterior lumbar interbody fusion. Comparison of titanium fiber mesh implant and tricortical bone graft. 
  • Successful anterior fusion following posterior cervical fusion for revision of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion pseudarthrosis. 
  • Surgery for spinal stenosis: long-term reoperation rates, health care cost, and impact of instrumentation. 
  • Surgery for the Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients After Skeletal Maturity: Early Versus Late Surgery. 
  • Surgical Treatment of Patients With Dual Hip and Spinal Degenerative Disease: Effect of Surgical Sequence of Spinal Fusion and Total Hip Arthroplasty on Postoperative Complications. 
  • Surgical approaches for the correction of unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: a retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes. 
  • Surgical considerations for major deformity correction spine surgery. 
  • Surgical management of high-grade paediatric spondylolisthesis: meta-analysis and systematic review. 
  • Surgical treatment of thoracolumbar fractures. 
  • Symptomatic calcified perineural cyst after use of bone morphogenetic protein in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a case report. 
  • The "In-Parallel" Technique for Awake, Bilateral Simultaneous Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Multilevel Lumbar Decompression. 
  • The Difference in Clinical Outcomes After Anterior Cervical Fusion, Disk Replacement, and Foraminotomy in Professional Athletes. 
  • The Effect of Patient Race on Extent of Functional Improvement After Cervical Spine Surgery. 
  • The Fate of Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Incurring Rod Fracture After Thoracolumbar Fusion. 
  • The Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Decompression and Fusion. 
  • The Impact of Instrumentation and Implant Surface Technology on Cervical and Thoracolumbar Fusion. 
  • The Impact of Resident Involvement in Elective Posterior Cervical Fusion 
  • The MISDEF2 algorithm: an updated algorithm for patient selection in minimally invasive deformity surgery. 
  • The Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool (RAPT) for Discharge Planning in a Posterior Lumbar Fusion Population. 
  • The Scoli-RISK 1 results of lower extremity motor function 5 years after complex adult spinal deformity surgery. 
  • The Use of Halo Gravity Traction in Severe, Stiff Scoliosis. 
  • The Use of Sacral Osteotomy in the Correction of Spinal Deformity: Technical Report and Systematic Review of the Literature. 
  • The association of discharge destination with 30-day rehospitalization rates among older adults receiving lumbar spinal fusion surgery. 
  • The effect of renal dysfunction on short-term outcomes after lumbar fusion. 
  • The efficacy of direct current stimulation for lumbar intertransverse process fusions in an animal model. 
  • The efficacy of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: results from the NeuroPoint-SD registry: clinical article. 
  • The impact of age on approach-related complications with navigated lateral lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • The impact of age on surgical goals for spinopelvic alignment in minimally invasive surgery for adult spinal deformity. 
  • The impact of lumbar alignment targets on mechanical complications after adult lumbar scoliosis surgery. 
  • The impact of standing regional cervical sagittal alignment on outcomes in posterior cervical fusion surgery. 
  • The impact of standing regional cervical sagittal alignment on outcomes in posterior cervical fusion surgery. 
  • The likelihood of reaching minimum clinically important difference and substantial clinical benefit at 2 years following a 3-column osteotomy: analysis of 140 patients. 
  • The minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery algorithm: a reproducible rational framework for decision making in minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery. 
  • The role of concurrent fusion to prevent spinal deformity after intramedullary spinal cord tumor excision in children. 
  • The role of iatrogenic foraminal stenosis from lordotic correction in the development of C5 palsy after posterior laminectomy and fusion. 
  • The timing and influence of MRI on the management of patients with cervical facet dislocations remains highly variable: a survey of members of the Spine Trauma Study Group. 
  • The use of allograft and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein for instrumented atlantoaxial fusions. 
  • The use of three rods in correcting severe scoliosis. 
  • Therapeutic decision making in thoracolumbar spine trauma. 
  • Thickness of subcutaneous fat as a risk factor for infection in cervical spine fusion surgery. 
  • Three-Column Osteotomy in Adult Spinal Deformity: An Analysis of Temporal Trends in Usage and Outcomes. 
  • Three-Dimensional Navigated Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. 
  • Time to development, clinical and radiographic characteristics, and management of proximal junctional kyphosis following adult thoracolumbar instrumented fusion for spinal deformity. 
  • Timing of Complications Occurring Within 30 Days After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Topical vancomycin for surgical prophylaxis in non-instrumented pediatric spinal surgeries. 
  • Transfacet Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion With an Expandable Interbody Device-Part I: 2-Dimensional Operative Video and Technical Report. 
  • Transfacet Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion With an Expandable Interbody Device-Part II: Consecutive Case Series. 
  • Traumatic burst fracture in a patient with a lumbar artificial disc. 
  • Treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis by extensive unilateral decompression and contralateral autologous bone fusion: operative technique and results. 
  • Treatment of pediatric atlantoaxial instability with traditional and modified Goel-Harms fusion constructs. 
  • Trends in the use of bone morphogenetic protein as a substitute to autologous iliac crest bone grafting for spinal fusion procedures in the United States. 
  • Two- and three-year outcomes of minimally invasive and hybrid correction of adult spinal deformity. 
  • Two-Year Comparative Outcomes of MIS Lateral and MIS Transforaminal Interbody Fusion in the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Part II: Radiographic Findings. 
  • Two-level reverse Bohlman transsoseous approach for treatment of symptomatic pseudarthrosis. 
  • Unilateral approach for bilateral decompression with MIS TLIF. 
  • Upper thoracic versus lower thoracic upper instrumented vertebrae endpoints have similar outcomes and complications in adult scoliosis. 
  • Upper versus Lower Lumbar Lordosis Corrections in Relation to Pelvic Tilt - An Essential Element in Surgical Planning for Sagittal Plane Deformity. 
  • Use of 3D CT-based navigation in minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Use of S2-Alar-iliac Screws Associated With Less Complications Than Iliac Screws in Adult Lumbosacropelvic Fixation. 
  • Use of a free jejunal graft for oesophageal reconstruction following perforation after cervical spine surgery: case report and review of the literature. 
  • Use of rhBMP-2 for adult spinal deformity surgery: patterns of usage and changes over the past decade. 
  • Use of the microvascular free fibula transfer as a salvage reconstruction for failed anterior spine surgery due to chronic osteomyelitis. 
  • Utility of multilevel lateral interbody fusion of the thoracolumbar coronal curve apex in adult deformity surgery in combination with open posterior instrumentation and L5-S1 interbody fusion: a case-matched evaluation of 32 patients. 
  • Utility of neuromonitoring during lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy for adult spinal deformity. 
  • Validation of Adult Spinal Deformity Surgical Outcome Prediction Tools in Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis. 
  • Variability in Standard Outcomes of Posterior Lumbar Fusion Determined by National Databases. 
  • Venous thromboembolism after thoracic/thoracolumbar spinal fusion. 
  • Visual loss after corrective surgery for pediatric scoliosis: incidence and risk factors from a nationwide database. 
  • Visual loss after spine surgery: a population-based study. 
  • Vitamin D Levels and 1-Year Fusion Outcomes in Elective Spine Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study. 
  • What Factors Predict the Risk of Proximal Junctional Failure in the Long Term, Demographic, Surgical, or Radiographic?: Results From a Time-dependent ROC Curve. 
  • What is the Optimal Surgical Method for Achieving Correction and Avoiding Neurological Complications in Pediatric High-grade Spondylolisthesis? 
  • Which daily functions are most affected by stiffness following total lumbar fusion: comparison of upper thoracic and thoracolumbar proximal endpoints. 
  • Younger Patients Are Differentially Affected by Stiffness-Related Disability Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
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