Objective The goal of this study was to review the incidence of complications and unplanned
re-operations after surgery for metastatic spinal tumors. Background The spinal column is …

Study Design: Literature review. Objectives: A review of the literature identifying
preoperative risk factors for developing surgical site infections after spine surgery and …

Study Design. A retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective. The purpose
of this study is to compare and validate several preoperative scores for predicting outcomes …

Objective The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of baseline frailty status (as
measured by modified frailty index-5 [mFI-5]) versus age on postoperative outcomes of …

Abstract Background Context Postoperative morbidity may offset the potential benefits of
surgical treatment for spine metastatic disease; hence, risk factors for postoperative …

Purpose The objective of this study was to compare the effect of frailty, as measured by the 5-
factor modified frailty index (mFI-5), with that of age on postoperative outcomes of patients …

The use of “big data” in neurosurgical research has become increasingly popular. However,
using this type of data comes with limitations. This study aimed to shed light on this new …

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Malnutrition has been shown to be a
risk factor for poor perioperative outcomes in multiple surgical subspecialties, but few …

OBJECTIVE Patients with spine tumors are at increased risk for both hemorrhage and
venous thromboembolism (VTE). Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been advanced as a potential …

Background The existing body of literature on postoperative neurosurgical infections lacks
large multicenter reports on postoperative neurosurgical infections. This is the largest study …