Emamhadi, Mohammadreza Dogahe, Mohammad Haghani Emamhadi, Amirreza
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International journal of spine surgery
Iatrogenic cervical nerve root injury may occur during cervical spine surgeries, which leads to upper limb palsy. The question of how a permanent iatrogenic upper limb palsy would be managed remains unclear. Recent developments of nerve transfer have led to a considerable interest in its applications. This study outlines a new reconstructive approa...
Idrizi, Adem Paracha, Noorulain Lam, Aaron W Gordon, Adam M Saleh, Ahmed Razi, Afshin E
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International journal of spine surgery
Research focused on the association of opioid use disorder (OUD) on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing primary lumbar laminectomy is lacking. This study aims to observe the impact of OUD on (1) hospital length of stay (LOS), (2) readmission rates, (3) medical complications, and (4) health care expenditures. A retrospective query was perf...
Lynch, Conor P Cha, Elliot D K Patel, Madhav R Jacob, Kevin C Mohan, Shruthi Geoghegan, Cara E Jadczak, Caroline N Singh, Kern
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International journal of spine surgery
Individual items within the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) have not been assessed as predictors of postoperative outcomes. Our objective is to study the relationship between responses to individual PHQ-9 items and achievement of a minimum clinically important difference (MCID) following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). A pros...
Roebke, Austin J Malik, Azeem T Khan, Safdar N Yu, Elizabeth
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International journal of spine surgery
Patients with a reported penicillin allergy (PA) receive alternative antibiotics that may not be as effective as cephalosporins for surgical site infection (SSI) prophylaxis. While patient-reported PA has been correlated to increased complications in other fields, this has not been conclusively shown in spine surgery. We investigate the impact of P...
Cha, Elliot D K Lynch, Conor P Ahn, Junyoung Patel, Madhav R Jacob, Kevin C Geoghegan, Cara E Prabhu, Michael C Vanjani, Nisheka N Pawlowski, Hanna Singh, Kern
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International journal of spine surgery
Past studies outline potential risk factors for dysphagia following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Few studies explored the impact of dysphagia, as measured by the swallowing quality of life (SWAL-QOL), on postoperative patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) improvement. This study aimed to determine the relationship between dysph...
Canseco, Jose A Karamian, Brian A Patel, Parthik D Markowitz, Michael Lee, Joseph K Kurd, Mark F Anderson, D Greg Rihn, Jeffrey A Hilibrand, Alan S Kepler, Christopher K
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International journal of spine surgery
Surgeons have scrutinized spinal alignment and its impact on improving clinical outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). The primary analysis of this study examines the relationship between change in perioperative cervical lordosis (CL) and health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) outcomes after ACDF. Secondary analysis eval...
Schuermans, Valérie N E Smeets, Anouk Y J M van de Kar, Lauren G C Hermans, Sem M M Curfs, Inez Boselie, Toon F M van Santbrink, Henk
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International journal of spine surgery
Although it is well established that surgically treated patients with cervical degenerative myelopathy (CDM) improve irrespective of the anterior decompression technique used, no consensus exists on what technique is superior in terms of neurological recovery. A general concern exists that anterior cervical discectomy with arthroplasty (ACDA) leads...
Carneiro-Filho, Geraldo de Sá de Macêdo, Lívio Pereira Andrade, Lidemarcks Irineu Alves-Sá, Brenno Franklynn Sousa, Luan Amaral Magalhães Medeiros Quirino, Saul Cavalcanti de Chaves, Juliano Rodrigues Bezerra-Júnior, Deoclides Lima Almeida, Nivaldo S Azevedo-Filho, Hildo Rocha Cirne
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International journal of spine surgery
To identify the profile and management of patients with upper cervical spine injury. Retrospective cohort study of patients with upper cervical spine injuries managed at Hospital da Restauração between 2014 and 2020. It presents the profile of 145 injuries recorded by location and classification among the 120 patients, and the management performed....
Camacho, Jael E Gentry, Ryan D Ye, Ivan B Thomson, Alexandra E Bruckner, Jacob J Kung, Justin E Cavanaugh, Daniel L Koh, Eugene Y Gelb, Daniel E Ludwig, Steven C
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International journal of spine surgery
Percutaneous pedicle instrumentation (PPI) has been used for the treatment of thoracic and thoracolumbar (TL) trauma. However, the ability of PPI to correct significant post-traumatic kyphosis requires further investigation. The objective of this study is to compare the amount of kyphosis correction achieved by PPI vs the traditional open posterior...
Mendelis, Joseph R Hung, Nicole J Deviren, Vedat Ames, Christopher P Clark, Aaron J Theologis, Alekos A
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International journal of spine surgery
Proximal junctional failure (PJF) following multilevel thoracolumbar instrumented to the pelvis for adult spinal deformity (ASD) is relatively uncommon but considerably disabling. While the leading etiology is mechanical, other rarer etiologies can play a role in its development. The purpose of this study was to present a case series of ASD patient...
