Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Intravenous Ketorolac Substantially Reduces Opioid Use and Length of Stay After Lumbar Fusion: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. ⋯ By reducing opioid use, improving pain control on postoperative day 1, and decreasing LOS without increases in complications or pseudarthrosis, IV-K may be an important component of "enhanced recovery after surgery" protocols.
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Retrospective single-center study. ⋯ The regional alignment and proportion score is a method of analyzing the cervical spine relative to global alignment and demonstrates the importance of maintaining horizontal gaze, while also matching overall cervical and thoracolumbar alignment to limit complications and maximize clinical improvement.
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Retrospective controlled cohort. ⋯ 3.
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Retrospective study with epidemiologic analysis of public Medicare data. ⋯ Level 3-retrospective.