Articles: spinal-fusion-adverse-effects.
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This is a multicenter retrospective review of 257 surgically treated consecutive ASD patients who had a minimum of five fused segments, completed a 2-year follow-up (53 ± 19 yrs, females: 236 [92%]). ⋯ In this multicenter study, in an Asian ASD patient cohort, the GAP score was not associated with the incidence of MF or revision surgery. Additional studies on the predictive ability of the GAP score in different patient cohorts are warranted.Level of Evidence: 3.
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Case Reports Multicenter Study
Four Complications Associated with Lateral and Oblique Fusion Treatable with Endoscopic Spine Surgery: Technical Note and Case Series.
The lateral fusion procedure is a newer minimally invasive approach to indirectly decompressing and fusing a lumbar motion segment. As with many new procedures, new thoughtful approaches to recognizing and treating the complications of these procedures need to be developed. ⋯ Transforaminal endoscopic surgery is a useful minimally invasive surgical technique to treat several complications associated with lateral and oblique lumbar interbody fusion procedures.
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Clinical spine surgery · Aug 2020
Multicenter StudyRetrospective Review of Revision Surgery After Image-guided Instrumented Spinal Surgery Compared With Traditional Instrumented Spinal Surgery.
Retrospective cohort series. ⋯ Although not reaching statistical significance, these data suggest there may be an advantage offered by image-guided screw placement in instrumented spinal surgery.
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Retrospective study. ⋯ 4.
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Preoperative laboratory tests are varied in their administration among physicians, and previous studies have published conflicting reports on their utility. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a commonly performed spine surgery, and patients often undergo preoperative testing. We sought to assess the relationship between preoperative laboratory values and risk for adverse postoperative outcomes after ACDF. ⋯ Our analyses indicate that abnormal preoperative laboratory values are associated with increased risk for adverse outcomes after elective ACDF and can be used in predictive analyses of outcomes.