Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. The aim of this review is to present an overview
of robotic spine surgery (RSS) including its history, applications, limitations, and future …

Objective. The primary purpose was to propose patient selection criteria and perioperative
best practices that can serve as a starting point for an ambulatory lumbar fusion program …

Abstract Background Context Understanding the scope of the volume and costs of lumbar
fusions and discectomy procedures, as well as identifying significant trends within the …

Here, we systematically review clinical studies that report morbidity and outcomes data for
cervical and lumbar surgeries performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). We focus on …

Spine surgery is a key target for cost reduction within the United States health care system.
One possible strategy involves the transition of inpatient surgeries to the ambulatory setting …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. Objective. Assess the
cost-utility of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) performed in the ambulatory …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of inpatient and outpatient medical insurance claims
data from a database containing> 100 million individuals. Objective. The aim of this study …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND CONTEXT While free-standing ambulatory surgical centers
(ASCs) have been extolled as lower cost settings than hospital outpatient …

Background: As part of a market-driven response to the increasing costs of hospital-based
surgical care, an increasing volume of orthopaedic procedures are being performed in …

We sought to assess if COVID-19 infection recovery is associated with increased rates of
newly diagnosed erectile dysfunction. Using IBM MarketScan, a commercial claims …