Diskectomy

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A survey-based study of wrong-level lumbar spine surgery: the scope of the problem and current practices in place to help avoid these errors. 
  • Anterior versus posterior surgical approaches to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy: outcomes of the prospective multicenter AOSpine North America CSM study in 264 patients. 
  • Are Exercise and Physical Therapy Common Forms of Conservative Management in the Year Before Lumbar Spine Surgery? 
  • Athletic performance outcomes following lumbar discectomy in professional basketball players. 
  • Bilateral pulmonary emboli associated with intraoperative use of thrombin-based hemostatic matrix following lumbar spine interbody fusion. 
  • Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with severe axial neck pain: is anterior or posterior approach better? 
  • Commentary: Minimally Invasive Retropleural Thoracic Diskectomy: Step-by-Step Operative Planning, Execution, and Results. 
  • 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. 
  • Computed tomography-guided epidural patching of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leaks. 
  • Congenital Scoliosis of the Pediatric Cervical Spine: Characterization of a 17-Patient Operative Cohort. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: experience with the NeuroPoint-SD registry. 
  • Development and longitudinal validation of the overall benefit of analgesia score: a simple multi-dimensional quality assessment instrument. 
  • Development of a Novel Cervical Deformity Surgical Invasiveness Index. 
  • Does smoking have an impact on fusion rate in single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with allograft and rigid plate fixation? Clinical article. 
  • Early Self-directed Home Exercise Program After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Pilot Study. 
  • Endplate changes following discectomy: natural history and associations between imaging and clinical data. 
  • Factors Associated With Progression to Surgical Intervention for Lumbar Disc Herniation in the Military Health System. 
  • 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. 
  • Front-Back Cervical Deformity Correction by Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Posterior Instrumentation: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. 
  • Fusion Extension Leads to Spontaneous Resolution of Symptomatic Disc Herniations Associated With Proximal Junctional Kyphosis: A Report of 3 Cases. 
  • How to predict return to work after lumbar discectomy: answers from the NeuroPoint-SD registry. 
  • Impact of predominant symptom location among patients undergoing cervical spine surgery on 12-month outcomes: an analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Impact of smoking on postoperative complications after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. 
  • Impact of subsidence on clinical outcomes and radiographic fusion rates in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review. 
  • In response. 
  • Increased Risk of Chronic Opioid Use and Revision After Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion in Patients with Prior Shoulder Arthroscopy. 
  • Intraoperative neuromonitoring for one-level lumbar discectomies is low yield and cost-ineffective. 
  • Lumbar disc surgery in a fixed compensation population: a model for influence of secondary gain on surgical outcome. 
  • Osteocel Plus cellular allograft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: evaluation of clinical and radiographic outcomes from a prospective multicenter study. 
  • Outcome after repeat lumbar microdiscectomy. 
  • Outpatient surgery reduces short-term complications in lumbar discectomy: an analysis of 4310 patients from the ACS-NSQIP database. 
  • Perioperative characteristics and complications in obese patients undergoing anterior cervical fusion surgery. 
  • Perioperative complications with costotransversectomy and anterior approaches to thoracic and thoracolumbar tumors. 
  • Pneumocephalus leading to the diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid leak and esophageal perforation after cervical spine surgery. 
  • Postoperative dysphagia correlates with increased morbidity, mortality, and costs in anterior cervical fusion. 
  • Postoperative management of incidental durotomy in minimally invasive lumbar spinal surgery. 
  • Predictive value of 3-month lumbar discectomy outcomes in the NeuroPoint-SD Registry. 
  • Predictors of pain and disability outcomes in one thousand, one hundred and eight patients who underwent lumbar discectomy surgery. 
  • Prospective analysis of incidence and risk factors of dysphagia in spine surgery patients: comparison of anterior cervical, posterior cervical, and lumbar procedures. 
  • Pseudarthrosis rate following anterior cervical discectomy with fusion using an allograft cellular bone matrix: a multi-institutional analysis. 
  • Radiographic and clinical outcomes following single-level anterior cervical discectomy and allograft fusion without plate placement or cervical collar. 
  • Return to sport after open and microdiscectomy surgery versus conservative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review with meta-analysis. 
  • Reversal of lifelong mutism after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for myelopathy. 
  • Risk of Revision Shoulder Surgery, Complications, and Prolonged Opioid Use in Patients Undergoing Shoulder Arthroscopy Who Have Previously Undergone Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. 
  • Safety and feasibility of an early telephone-supported home exercise program after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a case series. 
  • 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. 
  • Significance and cost-effectiveness of somatosensory evoked potential monitoring in cervical spine surgery. 
  • Small intestinal submucosa for anular defect closure: long-term response in an in vivo sheep model. 
  • Successful anterior fusion following posterior cervical fusion for revision of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion pseudarthrosis. 
  • T1 hyperintense disc in alkaptonuria. 
  • The efficacy of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: results from the NeuroPoint-SD registry: clinical article. 
  • Thoracic duct injury during anterior cervical discectomy: a rare complication. Case report.