The drive for evidence-based decision-making has highlighted the shortcomings of
traditional orthopaedic literature. Although high-quality, prospective, randomized studies in …

Background Our goal was to systematically review the literature on racial/ethnic, insurance,
and socioeconomic disparities in adult spine surgery in the United States and analyze …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study of the American College of Surgeons National
Surgical Quality Improvement Program database from 2011 to 2012. Objective. Minimizing …

Study Design. Retrospective review of clinical data registry. Objective. In the current era of
quality reporting and pay for performance, neurosurgeons must develop models to identify …

Study Design. Retrospective study on prospectively collected data. Objective. The aim of this
study was to study the impact of nutritional status, as measured by serum albumin level, on …

Study Design. A retrospective, multivariate analyses of a prospectively collected multicenter
database. Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors for postoperative …

Airway complications that occur after anterior cervical spine surgery pose a life-threatening
risk, which encompasses complications including prolonged intubation, unplanned …

Study Design Level III retrospective database study. Objectives The purpose of this study is
to determine if machine learning algorithms are effective in predicting unplanned intubation …

Purpose Postoperative loss of airway requiring reintubation is a rare but potentially
catastrophic complication following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). We …

Management of the airway may be challenging in patients undergoing occipito-cervical
spine fusions (OCF). Changes in the occipito-cervical angle (dOC2A) of fusion after surgery …