2020
Perioperative adverse events after different fusion approaches for single-level lumbar spondylosis
Gala RJ, Ottesen TD, Kahan JB, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Perioperative adverse events after different fusion approaches for single-level lumbar spondylosis. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2020, 1: 100005. PMID: 35141578, PMCID: PMC8820031, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2020.100005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionPerioperative adverse eventsPosterior spinal fusionLumbar spondylosisAdverse eventsLumbar fusionChi-squared testInterbody fusionNational Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseSingle-level lumbar fusionPropensity scoreLong-term outcome studiesImprovement Program databaseGood surgical techniqueLong-term outcomesLow back painSingle-level fusionDifferent surgical approachesPosterior lumbar fusionLumbar interbody fusionPearson's chi-squared testDifferent fusion proceduresAP fusionPerioperative complications
2018
Different Fusion Approaches for Single-level Lumbar Spondylolysis Have Similar Perioperative Outcomes
Gala RJ, Bovonratwet P, Webb ML, Varthi AG, Daubs MD, Grauer JN. Different Fusion Approaches for Single-level Lumbar Spondylolysis Have Similar Perioperative Outcomes. Spine 2018, 43: e111-e117. PMID: 28591074, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionAnterior lumbar interbody fusionPosterior spinal fusionPerioperative adverse eventsAdverse eventsLong-term outcomesLumbar interbody fusionLumbar spondylolysisPerioperative outcomesOperative timeSurgical approachFusion groupInterbody fusionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement databasePerioperative adverse event ratesSimilar long-term outcomesPropensity scoreMinor adverse eventsPrevious cohort studiesSerious adverse eventsSimilar perioperative outcomesAdverse event ratesIndividual adverse eventsQuality improvement database