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
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