Spine
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MINI: The objective of this study was to determine the safety limits of anterior/anterolateral pedicle screw breaches. Through clinical and cadaveric study, it appears that less than 4 mm of breach has a significantly lower likelihood of impingement on vital structures (P < 0.001).
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Comparative Study
Waterless Hand Rub versus Traditional Hand Scrub Methods for Preventing the Surgical-Site Infection in Orthopaedic Surgery.
MINI: Fourteen hundred consecutive patients were investigated for evaluating the utility of waterless hand rub before orthopaedic surgery. The risk in the surgical site infection incidence was the same, but costs of liquids used for hand hygiene were cheaper and the hand hygiene time was shorter for waterless protocol, compared with traditional hand scrub.
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MINI: The publication rate of conference abstract presentations as full-length manuscripts is a potential measure of meeting quality. 43.8% of abstracts presented at the 2010-2012 North American Spine Society annual meetings were published as full-length manuscripts within 3 years. Podium presentations and "Best" or "Outstanding" paper presentations were more likely to be published.
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MINI: The time trend for the number of minimally invasive spine surgery articles showed a significant increase over time with an average of 93.23 articles per year. Among all related journals, Spine published the largest number of articles in minimally invasive spine surgery research and was the most popular one in the top five countries.