2023
Response to a letter to the editor regarding, “Effects of anode position on pedicle screw testing during lumbosacral spinal fusion surgery”
Grauer J, Frenkel M, Callahan B. Response to a letter to the editor regarding, “Effects of anode position on pedicle screw testing during lumbosacral spinal fusion surgery”. The Spine Journal 2023, 23: 626. PMID: 36963915, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.01.003.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2022
Effects of anode position on pedicle screw testing during lumbosacral spinal fusion surgery
Amick M, Ottesen TD, O'Marr J, Frenkel MY, Callahan B, Grauer JN. Effects of anode position on pedicle screw testing during lumbosacral spinal fusion surgery. The Spine Journal 2022, 22: 2000-2005. PMID: 35843532, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.07.090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPedicle screwsLumbosacral fusionPedicle screw stimulationProspective cohort studySpinal fusion surgeryLumbosacral pedicle screwsSafe screw placementCohort studyFusion surgeryOutcome measuresBACKGROUND DATAScrew stimulationClinical practiceClinical thresholdGluteal musclesScrew placementSurgical fieldSafe placementPatientsScrewsStimulationSuch implantsCurrent studyPlacementFormal evaluation
2015
Timing of Complications After Spinal Fusion Surgery
Bohl DD, Webb ML, Lukasiewicz AM, Samuel AM, Basques BA, Ahn J, Singh K, Vaccaro AR, Grauer JN. Timing of Complications After Spinal Fusion Surgery. Spine 2015, 40: 1527-1535. PMID: 26230536, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial Infarction 2Timing of complicationsInfection 17Pneumonia 4Median daysSpine surgeonsSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseUrinary tract infections 7Quality Improvement Program databasePosterior lumbar fusion proceduresAnterior cervical decompressionRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databasePostoperative time periodLumbar fusion proceduresFusion proceduresSpinal fusion surgerySpinal fusion proceduresCervical decompressionInfection 7Postoperative complicationsCohort studyMedian timeClinical awareness
2013
Only prolonged time from abstraction found to affect viable nucleated cell concentrations in vertebral body bone marrow aspirate
Badrinath R, Bohl DD, Hustedt JW, Webb ML, Grauer JN. Only prolonged time from abstraction found to affect viable nucleated cell concentrations in vertebral body bone marrow aspirate. The Spine Journal 2013, 14: 990-995. PMID: 24184640, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.10.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow aspirateVertebral levelCell countMarrow aspiratesNucleated cell countNucleated cell concentrationFusion surgerySecond pedicleTraditional iliac crest bone graftLumbar instrumented fusion surgeryIliac crest bone graftInstrumented fusion surgeryStudy-specific conflictsCell viabilitySame vertebral levelCrest bone graftSpinal fusion surgeryEffect of lateralityRegular clinical useCortical graftsPerioperative conditionsOutcome measuresBone graftSpinal instrumentationAspirates