Greater improvement in Neck Disability Index scores in women after surgery for cervical myelopathy: an analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database

November 1, 2023

“There is a high prevalence of cervical myelopathy that requires surgery; as such, it is important to identify how different groups benefit from surgery.”

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Measuring Outcomes in Spinal Deformity Surgery

October 1, 2023

“This narrative literature review was conducted to provide the synthesis of the available literature regarding ASD outcomes. Relevant studies and reviews published between January 1, 2012, and August 1, 2022, were identified using a PubMed search using the keywords “adult spinal deformity surgery” and “outcomes.””

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Three-level ACDF versus 3-level laminectomy and fusion: are there differences in outcomes? An analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database cervical spondylotic myelopathy cohort

September 1, 2023

“The authors sought to compare 3-level anterior with posterior fusion surgical procedures for the treatment of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM).”

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Cervical laminoplasty versus laminectomy and posterior cervical fusion for cervical myelopathy: propensity-matched analysis of 24-month outcomes from the Quality Outcomes …

August 11, 2023

“Compared with laminectomy with posterior cervical fusion (PCF), cervical laminoplasty (CL) may result in different outcomes for those operated on for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM).”

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Which supervised machine learning algorithm can best predict achievement of minimum clinically important difference in neck pain after surgery in patients with cervical …

June 1, 2023

“The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of different supervised machine learning algorithms to predict achievement of minimum clinically important difference (MCID) in neck pain after surgery in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM).”

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Awake spinal anesthesia facilitates spine surgery in poor surgical candidates: A case series

May 1, 2023

“Annually, hundreds of thousands of patients undergo surgery for degenerative spine disease (DSD). This represents only a fraction of patients that present for surgical consideration.”

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Spine surgical subspecialty and its effect on patient outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

May 1, 2023

“To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify if intraoperative or postoperative differences in outcomes exist between orthopedic and neurological spine surgeons.”

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Implications and future directions of ChatGPT utilization in neurosurgery

April 28, 2023

“ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) is a rapidly developing tool that is quickly becoming adopted in healthcare and neurosurgery.”

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