2024
Robotic-Assisted Versus Navigation-Assisted Posterior Lumbar Fusion
Gouzoulis M, Seddio A, Winter A, Jabbouri S, Zhu J, Rubio D, Varthi A, Grauer J. Robotic-Assisted Versus Navigation-Assisted Posterior Lumbar Fusion. Spine 2024, 49: 1483-1487. PMID: 38717329, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000005032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosterior lumbar fusionLumbar fusionAdverse eventsLevel posterior lumbar fusionsCPT codesKaplan-Meier survival analysisRate of reoperationNavigation-assisted surgeryRobotic-assisted casesNavigation-assistedMinor adverse eventsPerioperative adverse eventsMultivariate logistic regressionICD-10 procedure codeRobotic cohortRobotic assistanceSpinal navigationReoperation rateAnterior fusionElixhauser Comorbidity IndexPearlDiver databaseNo significant differenceIncremental advantageAdverse outcomesComorbidity index
2013
Obese Class III patients at significantly greater risk of multiple complications after lumbar surgery: an analysis of 10,387 patients in the ACS NSQIP database
Buerba RA, Fu MC, Gruskay JA, Long WD, Grauer JN. Obese Class III patients at significantly greater risk of multiple complications after lumbar surgery: an analysis of 10,387 patients in the ACS NSQIP database. The Spine Journal 2013, 14: 2008-2018. PMID: 24316118, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.11.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexTLIF/PLIFACS-NSQIP databaseObese IIObese IAnterior fusionComplication rateLumbar surgeryIII patientsMore complicationsPosterior fusionObese IIIPulmonary complicationsNSQIP databaseMultiple complicationsOperating roomSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseObese class III patientsQuality Improvement Program databaseHigher body mass indexPosterior lumbar interbody fusionObese I groupPreoperative risk factorsImprovement Program database