Decompression, Surgical

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A comparison of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and decompression alone for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. 
  • A posterior labral cyst associated with an anterior labral tear of the hip. 
  • A rare case of metastatic extramammary Paget disease of the spine and review of the literature. 
  • 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. 
  • Aberrant origin of the long head of the biceps: a case series. 
  • Acquired bilateral myelinated retinal nerve fibers after unilateral optic nerve sheath fenestration in a child with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. 
  • Acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon (Ogilvie's syndrome): advances in management. 
  • Adjacent interdigital nerve irritation: single incision surgical treatment. 
  • An outcome study for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: a multicenter study by the surgery for ulnar nerve (SUN) study group. 
  • Analysis of Expected Costs of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment Strategies. 
  • Analysis of Outcomes Between Traditional Open versus Mini-Open Approach in Surgical Treatment of Spinal Metastasis. 
  • Anterior versus posterior surgical approaches to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy: outcomes of the prospective multicenter AOSpine North America CSM study in 264 patients. 
  • Appropriate Use of Limited Interventions vs Extensive Surgery in the Elderly Patient With Spinal Disorders. 
  • Arteriovenous sheathotomy for branch retinal vein occlusion. 
  • Association of ≥ 12 months of delayed surgical treatment for cervical myelopathy with worsened postoperative outcomes: a multicenter analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. 
  • Avascular necrosis of the femoral head: etiology, pathophysiology, classification, and current treatment guidelines. 
  • Basilar invagination. 
  • Biceps Tenodesis and Intra-articular Decompression for Treatment of Superior Labral Tear from Anterior to Posterior and Associated Paralabral Cyst in Active Duty Military. 
  • Biomechanical analysis of the upper thoracic spine after decompressive procedures. 
  • 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. 
  • C5 palsy after cervical laminectomy and fusion: does width of laminectomy matter? 
  • Catecholamine-secreting paraganglioma of the thoracic spinal column: report of an unusual case and review of the literature. 
  • Cerebellar hemorrhage after spinal surgery: report of two cases and literature review. 
  • Cervical corpectomy: complications and outcomes. 
  • Chiari malformation Type I surgery in pediatric patients. Part 1: validation of an ICD-9-CM code search algorithm. 
  • Clinical and radiographic predictors of neurological outcome following posterior fossa decompression for spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage. 
  • Clinical course and surgical management of massive cerebral infarction. 
  • Clinical outcomes following sublaminar decompression and instrumented fusion for lumbar degenerative spinal pathology. 
  • 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 on "Duration of postoperative dressing after mini-open carpal tunnel release: a prospective, randomized trial". 
  • Comparative Analysis of Inpatient and Outpatient Interspinous Process Device Placement for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. 
  • Comparing outcomes of early, late, and non-surgical management of intraspinal abscess. 
  • Comparison of posterior fossa decompression with or without duraplasty in children with Type I Chiari malformation. 
  • 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 following decompression of Chiari malformation Type I in children: dural graft or sealant? 
  • Comprehensive study of back and leg pain improvements after adult spinal deformity surgery: analysis of 421 patients with 2-year follow-up and of the impact of the surgery on treatment satisfaction. 
  • Contralateral radiculopathy after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Controversy in the management of retinal venous occlusive disease. 
  • Core decompression and nonvascularized bone grafting for the treatment of early stage osteonecrosis of the femoral head. 
  • Costoclavicular venous decompression in patients with threatened arteriovenous hemodialysis access. 
  • Crossing the Cervicothoracic Junction in Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion: A Cohort Analysis. 
  • Da Vinci Robot-assisted transoral odontoidectomy for basilar invagination. 
  • Decompressive hemicraniectomy in pediatric patients with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: case series and review of the literature. 
  • Decompressive laparotomy for refractory intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury. 
  • Defining postoperative C5 palsy and recovery: a systematic review. 
  • Degenerative Spinal Deformity. 
  • Degenerative lumbar stenosis: the neurosurgical perspective. 
  • Depression as an independent predictor of postoperative delirium in spine deformity patients undergoing elective spine surgery. 
  • Development of a Novel Cervical Deformity Surgical Invasiveness Index. 
  • Disappearing bone disease and Chiari I malformation. 
  • Do modern techniques improve core decompression outcomes for hip osteonecrosis? 
  • Does prior short-segment surgery for adult scoliosis impact perioperative complication rates and clinical outcome among patients undergoing scoliosis correction? 
  • Does radial optic neurotomy alter retinal blood flow in eyes with a central retinal vein occlusion? 
  • Dural augmentation approaches and complication rates after posterior fossa decompression for Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia: a Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium study. 
  • Dynamic stabilization. 
  • Early operative intervention after thrombolytic therapy for primary subclavian vein thrombosis: an effective treatment approach. 
  • Early versus delayed decompression for traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS). 
  • Efficacy and safety of surgical decompression in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: results of the AOSpine North America prospective multi-center study. 
  • Esophageal-subarachnoid fistula: a case of spontaneous tension pneumocephalus in the setting of esophageal cancer. 
  • 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). 
  • Extensive spinal epidural abscess treated with "apical laminectomies" and irrigation of the epidural space: report of 2 cases. 
  • External validation of the Chicago Chiari Outcome Scale. 
  • Factors associated with decompression and strabismus surgery in thyroid eye disease. 
  • Fiberoptic intubation with dexmedetomidine in two children with spinal cord impingements. 
  • Free vascularized fibular grafting following failed core decompression for femoral head osteonecrosis. 
  • Holospinal epidural abscesses - Institutional experience. 
  • Imaging appearance following surgical decompression of the ulnar nerve. 
  • Impact of Affective Disorders on Recovery of Baseline Function in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery: A Single Institution Study of 275 Patients. 
  • Impact of obesity on complications and outcomes: a comparison of fusion and nonfusion lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Importance of Sagittal Alignment of the Cervical Spine in the Management of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. 
  • In Reply: Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Incidence and Demographics in a National Administrative Database. 
  • In-Hospital Complications and Resource Utilization Following Lumbar Spine Surgery in Patients with Parkinson Disease: Evaluation of the National Inpatient Sample Database. 
  • Incidence and Implications of Left Ventricular Distention During Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support. 
  • Incorporating Intraoperative Mechanomyography to Peripheral Nerve Decompression Surgery. 
  • Interdisciplinary Care Model Independently Decreases Use of Critical Care Services After Corrective Surgery for Adult Degenerative Scoliosis. 
  • Interspinous device versus laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a comparative effectiveness study. 
  • Interventional procedures for facial pain. 
  • Is there a role for decompressive craniectomy in children after stroke? 
  • Isolated sciatic nerve entrapment by ectopic bone after femoral head fracture-dislocation. 
  • 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. 
  • Low back pain as perceived by the pain specialist. 
  • Lumbar Lateral Recess Decompression: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. 
  • Management of high-grade spondylolisthesis. 
  • Management of nephropleural fistula after supracostal percutaneous nephrolithotomy. 
  • Management of subluxating ulnar nerve at the elbow. 
  • Measurement of intraoperative nerve conduction velocities during anterior interosseous nerve decompression. 
  • Median Nerve Compression by Radial Head Osteophyte. 
  • Median nerve excursion during endoscopic carpal tunnel release. 
  • Metastatic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the cauda equina. 
  • Microvascular decompression for glossopharyngeal neuralgia: long-term effectiveness and complication avoidance. 
  • Mild diabetes is not a contraindication for surgical decompression in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: results of the AOSpine North America multicenter prospective study (CSM). 
  • Minimally Invasive Muscle Sparing Posterior-Only Approach for Lumbar Circumferential Decompression and Stabilization to Treat Spine Metastasis--Technical Report. 
  • Minimally invasive unilateral approach for bilateral decompression of spinal stenosis and modified transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis. 
  • 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. 
  • Multiple Small Diameter Drillings Increase Femoral Neck Stability Compared with Single Large Diameter Femoral Head Core Decompression Technique for Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head. 
  • Musculocutaneous nerve entrapment revisited. 
  • Neurosurgical interventions for spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita: clinical presentation and assessment of the literature. 
  • 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. 
  • Optic nerve sheath decompression for progressive central retinal vein occlusion. 
  • Osteonecrosis of the hip: management in the 21st century. 
  • Osteoradionecrosis mimicking metastatic epidural spinal cord compression. 
  • Outcomes of bone morphogenetic protein-2 in mature adults: posterolateral non-instrument-assisted lumbar decompression and fusion. 
  • Patient with Chiari malformation Type I presenting with inducible hemifacial weakness. 
  • Patients with Chiari malformation Type I presenting with acute neurological deficits: case series. 
  • Pediatric optic nerve sheath decompression. 
  • Pediatric traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation: five cases and a review. 
  • 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 complications with costotransversectomy and anterior approaches to thoracic and thoracolumbar tumors. 
  • Posterior approaches for symptomatic metastatic spinal cord compression. 
  • Predictors of functional outcomes after simple decompression for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: a multicenter study by the SUN study group. 
  • Predictors of progression of scoliosis after decompression of an Arnold Chiari I malformation. 
  • Prospective analysis of incidence and risk factors of dysphagia in spine surgery patients: comparison of anterior cervical, posterior cervical, and lumbar procedures. 
  • Psychosocial factors and surgical outcomes: are elderly depressed patients less satisfied with surgery? 
  • Radial optic neurotomy as treatment for central retinal vein occlusion. 
  • Radial optic neurotomy as treatment for central retinal vein occlusion. 
  • Rare cause of back pain: Staphylococcus aureus vertebral osteomyelitis complicated by recurrent epidural abscess and severe sepsis. 
  • Recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome in a child due to fibrolipomatous hamartoma of the median nerve successfully treated by limited excision and decompression. 
  • Relationship of cine phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging with outcome after decompression for Chiari I malformations. 
  • Research reporting in cubital tunnel syndrome studies: an analysis of the literature. 
  • Return of normal urological and neurological function after revision surgery for spondyloptosis. Case report. 
  • 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 factors for postoperative spinal wound infections after spinal decompression and fusion surgeries. 
  • Risk of Epidural Hematoma after Neuraxial Techniques in Thrombocytopenic Parturients: A Report from the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group. 
  • Risk-benefit assessment of surgery for adult scoliosis: an analysis based on patient age. 
  • Role of plate thickness as a cause of dysphagia after anterior cervical fusion. 
  • Salvage C2 ganglionectomy after C2 nerve root decompression provides similar pain relief as a single surgical procedure for intractable occipital neuralgia. 
  • Severe systemic inflammatory response syndrome immediately after spinal surgery in a patient with axial gout. 
  • 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. 
  • Small-diameter percutaneous decompression for osteonecrosis of the shoulder. 
  • Spinal instrumentation in the setting of primary infection. 
  • Successful management of orbital cellulitis and temporary visual loss after blepharoplasty. 
  • Surgery for spinal stenosis: long-term reoperation rates, health care cost, and impact of instrumentation. 
  • Surgical treatment of thoracolumbar fractures. 
  • Survival analysis of hips treated with core decompression or vascularized fibular grafting because of avascular necrosis. 
  • Survival analysis of hips treated with core decompression or vascularized fibular grafting because of avascular necrosis. 
  • Survival analysis of hips treated with core decompression or vascularized fibular grafting because of avascular necrosis. 
  • Syrinx location and size according to etiology: identification of Chiari-associated syrinx. 
  • The Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Decompression and Fusion. 
  • The Relationship Between Improvements in Myelopathy and Sagittal Realignment in Cervical Deformity Surgery Outcomes. 
  • The use of arthroscopy to document accurate position of core decompression of the hip. 
  • Therapeutic decision making in thoracolumbar spine trauma. 
  • Three-Dimensional Navigated Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. 
  • Timing of tracheostomy after anterior cervical spine fixation. 
  • To the editor: On "Single-incision fasciotomy for compartment syndrome of the leg in patients with diaphyseal tibial fractures". 
  • Trajectory of Improvement in Myelopathic Symptoms From 3 to 12 Months Following Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. 
  • Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt for a Challenging Pregnancy. 
  • Treatment of recurrent peripheral nerve entrapment problems: role of scar formation and its possible treatment. 
  • Trend of recovery after simple decompression for treatment of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. 
  • Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: an evidence-based algorithm. 
  • Unilateral approach for bilateral decompression with MIS TLIF. 
  • Validation of an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision Code Algorithm for Identifying Chiari Malformation Type 1 Surgery in Adults. 
  • Variation in Use of Electrodiagnostic Testing: Analysis From the Michigan Collaborative Hand Initiative for Quality in Surgery. 
  • Variation in recommendation for surgical treatment for compressive neuropathy. 
  • Venous thromboembolism in spine surgery. 
  • What is the Optimal Surgical Method for Achieving Correction and Avoiding Neurological Complications in Pediatric High-grade Spondylolisthesis? 
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  Keywords of People

  • Fekrat, Sharon, Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery
  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Urology, Surgery, Urology
  • Sampson, John Howard, Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering
  • Stinnett, Sandra Sue, Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics