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What is new in the diagnosis and prevention of spine surgical site infections.
Kris E. Radcliff,Alexander D. Neusner,Paul W. Millhouse,James D. Harrop,Christopher K. Kepler,Mohammad R. Rasouli,Todd J. Albert,Alexander R. Vaccaro +7 more
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There is compelling evidence that improved risk stratification, detection, and prevention will reduce SSI, and novel methods of perioperative infection prophylaxis such as local antibiotic administration appear to be modestly effective.About:
This article is published in The Spine Journal.The article was published on 2015-02-01. It has received 81 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Perioperative & Systematic review.read more
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Spinal Rhythm Generation by Step-Induced Feedback and Transcutaneous Posterior Root Stimulation in Complete Spinal Cord–Injured Individuals
Karen Minassian,Ursula S. Hofstoetter,Simon M. Danner,Simon M. Danner,Winfried Mayr,Joy Bruce,W. Barry McKay,Keith E. Tansey,Keith E. Tansey +8 more
TL;DR: The synergistic effects of these rhythm-generating mechanisms suggest that tSCS in combination with treadmill training might augment rehabilitation outcomes after severe spinal cord injury.
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A Predictive Risk Index for 30-day Readmissions Following Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Scoliosis.
TL;DR: 30-day readmissions risk factors based on independent patient and procedural risk factors may be useful in the clinical management of patients following scoliosis surgery, specifically for the role of preoperative and predischarge risk stratification.
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Postoperative complications of spine surgery
TL;DR: A range of complications in the early postoperative period from more benign complications such as postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) to more feared complications leading to permanent loss of neurological function or death are reviewed.
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Prophylaxis of surgical site infection in adult spine surgery: A systematic review.
TL;DR: There is strong evidence that closed-suction drainage does not affect SSI rates, while there is moderate evidence for the efficacy of povidone-iodine irrigation and that single-dose preoperative antibiotics is as effective as multiple doses.
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Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Surgical Infections among Spine Patients.
TL;DR: Interventions focusing on minimizing patient-specific risk factors and operation-specificrisk factors and optimizing patient- specific protective factors andoperation-specific protective factors are most effective in minimizing the likelihood of a post-operative infection among patients undergoing orthopedic spinal surgical procedures.
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Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): A Randomized Trial
James Neil Weinstein,Tor D. Tosteson,Jon D. Lurie,Anna N. A. Tosteson,Brett Hanscom,Jonathan Skinner,William A. Abdu,Alan S. Hilibrand,Scott D. Boden,Richard A. Deyo +9 more
TL;DR: Patients in both the surgery and the nonoperative treatment groups improved substantially over a 2-year period, and conclusions about the superiority or equivalence of the treatments are not warranted based on the intent-to-treat analysis.
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A prospective, randomized, multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemptions study of lumbar total disc replacement with the CHARITE artificial disc versus lumbar fusion: part I: evaluation of clinical outcomes.
Scott L. Blumenthal,Paul C. McAfee,Richard D. Guyer,Stephen H. Hochschuler,Fred H. Geisler,Richard T. Holt,Rolando Garcia,John J. Regan,Donna D. Ohnmeiss +8 more
TL;DR: The results support earlier reports in the literature that total disc replacement with the CHARITÉ™ artificial disc is a safe and effective alternative to fusion for the surgical treatment of symptomatic disc degeneration in properly indicated patients.
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Surgical compared with nonoperative treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. four-year results in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized and observational cohorts.
James Neil Weinstein,Jon D. Lurie,Tor D. Tosteson,Wenyan Zhao,Emily A. Blood,Anna N. A. Tosteson,Nancy J. O. Birkmeyer,Harry N. Herkowitz,Michael Longley,Lawrence G. Lenke,Sanford E. Emery,Serena S. Hu +11 more
TL;DR: Compared with patients who are treated nonoperatively, patients in whom degenerative spondylolisthesis and associated spinal stenosis are treated surgically maintain substantially greater pain relief and improvement in function for four years.
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Results of the prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc-C total disc replacement versus anterior discectomy and fusion for the treatment of 1-level symptomatic cervical disc disease
Daniel Murrey,Michael Janssen,Rick B. Delamarter,Jeffrey A. Goldstein,Jack Zigler,Bobby Tay,Bruce V. Darden +6 more
TL;DR: The results of this clinical trial demonstrate that ProDisc-C is a safe and effective surgical treatment for patients with disabling cervical radiculopathy because of single-level disease.
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Surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: four-year results for the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT).
James Neil Weinstein,Jon D. Lurie,Tor D. Tosteson,Anna N. A. Tosteson,Emily A. Blood,William A. Abdu,Harry N. Herkowitz,Alan S. Hilibrand,Todd J. Albert,Jeffrey S. Fischgrund +9 more
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that patients who underwent surgery for lumbar disc herniation achieved greater improvement than nonoperatively treated patients; there was little to no degradation of outcomes in either group (operative and nonoperative) from 4 to 8 years.