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
2018
Comparison of 30-Day Complications Between Navigated and Conventional Single-level Instrumented Posterior Lumbar Fusion
Bovonratwet P, Nelson SJ, Ondeck NT, Geddes BJ, Grauer JN. Comparison of 30-Day Complications Between Navigated and Conventional Single-level Instrumented Posterior Lumbar Fusion. Spine 2018, 43: 447-453. PMID: 28700450, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior lumbar fusionOperative timeLumbar fusionHospital lengthWound infectionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseShorter mean hospital lengthQuality Improvement Program databaseScrew placementRadiation exposureContamination/infectionLower blood transfusionRetrospective cohort comparison studyMean hospital lengthMost adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseInstrumented posterior lumbar fusionInstrumented lumbar fusionSurgeon radiation exposureCohort comparison studyPotential confounding factorsPedicle screw placementPerioperative complicationsPerioperative outcomes