2024
Prediction Models for Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection after Spinal Surgery: A Systematic Review
Lauinger A, Blake S, Fullenkamp A, Polites G, Grauer J, Arnold P. Prediction Models for Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection after Spinal Surgery: A Systematic Review. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2024, 100518. DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2024.100518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical site infectionPreoperative risk modelSpinal surgerySite infectionAdverse eventsAssessment of surgical site infectionACS NSQIP surgical risk calculatorPostoperative surgical site infectionNSQIP surgical risk calculatorRate of adverse eventsSpine surgery patientsRisk of adverse eventsStratify patient riskSurgical risk calculatorField of spine surgeryClinical prediction toolSpine surgeryRisk modelSurgery patientsSurgeryAddressing factorsPatient riskClinical utilitySystematic reviewUnique susceptibility
2013
Recovery Room Radiographs Not Found to Have Incremental Utility Above Intraoperative Images After Lumbar Fusion Procedures
Bohl DD, Gruskay JA, Miller CP, Varthi A, Ruiz FK, Whang PG, Grauer JN. Recovery Room Radiographs Not Found to Have Incremental Utility Above Intraoperative Images After Lumbar Fusion Procedures. Spine 2013, 38: 1927-1933. PMID: 23883831, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3182a527be.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLumbar fusion proceduresLumbar interbody fusionClinical utilityRecovery roomInterbody fusionFusion proceduresSurgical constructTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionAnterior lumbar interbody fusionAnterior-posterior fusionRetrospective case seriesPosterolateral lumbar fusionLow clinical utilityPlain film imagesRecovery room radiographsIntraoperative imagesIncremental clinical utilityCase seriesConsecutive seriesLumbar fusionBACKGROUND DATAIntraoperative fluoroscopic imagesWound closureRadiation exposureIncremental utility
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