Spine
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Matched cohort comparison. ⋯ Level 3.
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A literature review. ⋯ Choosing the optimal approach to primary spine tumors is complex. A comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the evidence is required to guide patient care and to balance the often-competing goals of prolonging life and preserving quality of life.
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Retrospective cohort. ⋯ None of the nonoperative patients in this study required further operation or management of their injury, indicating nonoperative treatment as a potentially satisfactory management for appropriately selected FLM fractures.
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Propensity-matched cohort. ⋯ OSA for lumbar spinal fusion surgery decreases in-hospital and 1-year postoperative opioid consumption. The minimal use of opioids may also lead to shorter emergence to extubation times, shorter recovery room stays, and fewer discharges to nonhome facilities.