Recovery Room Radiographs Not Found to Have Incremental Utility Above Intraoperative Images After Lumbar Fusion Procedures
Bohl DD, Gruskay JA, Miller CP, Varthi A, Ruiz FK, Whang PG, Grauer JN. Recovery Room Radiographs Not Found to Have Incremental Utility Above Intraoperative Images After Lumbar Fusion Procedures. Spine 2013, 38: 1927-1933. PMID: 23883831, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3182a527be.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHumansLumbar VertebraeMonitoring, IntraoperativePostoperative ComplicationsRadiographyRecovery RoomRetrospective StudiesSpinal FusionConceptsLumbar fusion proceduresLumbar interbody fusionClinical utilityRecovery roomInterbody fusionFusion proceduresSurgical constructTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionAnterior lumbar interbody fusionAnterior-posterior fusionRetrospective case seriesPosterolateral lumbar fusionLow clinical utilityPlain film imagesRecovery room radiographsIntraoperative imagesIncremental clinical utilityCase seriesConsecutive seriesLumbar fusionBACKGROUND DATAIntraoperative fluoroscopic imagesWound closureRadiation exposureIncremental utility