2020
Patients' and Physicians' Knowledge of Radiation Exposure Related to Spine Surgery.
Scott MC, Galivanche AR, Mets EJ, Pathak N, Kahan JB, Burroughs PJ, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Patients' and Physicians' Knowledge of Radiation Exposure Related to Spine Surgery. Spine 2020, 45: e1507-e1515. PMID: 32858741, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000003650.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpine surgeryMagnetic resonance imagingRadiation exposureOutpatient settingPhysicians' knowledgeLumbar radiographsO-armCT imagingIntraoperative radiation exposureCross-sectional imagingCross-sectional surveyPhysician estimatesSpine proceduresBACKGROUND DATACare settingsIntraoperative fluoroscopyLumbar imagingPatientsSurgeryResonance imagingIntraoperative CTSurgeonsAwareness/knowledgeIntraoperative imagingRobotic spine surgery
2012
Postanesthesia Care Unit Imaging Is Unnecessary When Intraoperative Imaging Is Used During Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion Procedures
Bohl DD, Telles CJ, Hustedt JW, Blizzard DJ, Carlson EJ, Grauer JN. Postanesthesia Care Unit Imaging Is Unnecessary When Intraoperative Imaging Is Used During Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion Procedures. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2012, 25: e174-e177. PMID: 22622479, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0b013e31825d99f6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostanesthesia care unitAnterior cervical decompressionACDF proceduresClinical utilityCervical decompressionSurgical constructRetrospective case seriesLow clinical utilityFusion proceduresPlate/screw constructsOperative levelIncremental clinical utilityCare unitCase seriesBACKGROUND DATAScrew constructsIntraoperative imagingRadiation exposureSet of imagingAdequacy of imagesLateral viewDecompressionIntraoperative imagesImagingPlacement
2008
Sterility of C-arm Fluoroscopy During Spinal Surgery
Biswas D, Bible JE, Whang PG, Simpson AK, Grauer JN. Sterility of C-arm Fluoroscopy During Spinal Surgery. Spine 2008, 33: 1913-1917. PMID: 18622356, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e31817bb130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEquipment ContaminationFluoroscopyHumansIntraoperative ComplicationsNeurosurgical ProceduresSpineConceptsPostoperative infectionSurgical casesC-armSwab samplesNegative controlSterile culture swabC-arm fluoroscopyPlacement of instrumentationProspective studyPostoperative contaminationSpinal surgerySpine surgeryIntraoperative contaminationIntraoperative fluoroscopySpinal alignmentBACKGROUND DATAFluoroscopic C-armSpinal operationsSpine surgeonsCulture swabs