Neck pain: differential diagnosis and management

M Prablek, R Gadot, DS Xu… - Neurologic …, 2023 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Neck pain is a common complaint across outpatient medicine, especially in primary care,
neurology, and neurosurgery clinics. Recent epidemiological studies show that neck pain …

Total knee arthroplasty: Variables affecting 90-day overall reimbursement

SJ Halperin, MM Dhodapkar, ZJ Radford, M Li… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is commonly considered to address
symptomatically limiting knee osteoarthritis. With increasing utilization, understanding the …

Evolving trends in the use of sacroiliac fusion from 2015 to 2020

SJ Halperin, MM Dhodapkar, W Jiang, A Elaydi… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort analysis. Objective. To assess the evolution of patients
undergoing sacroiliac (SI) fusion with minimally invasive surgery (MIS) relative to open …

Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Outcomes in Patients With and Without Bariatric Surgery—Weight Loss Does Make a Difference

PY Joo, JR Zhu, C Wilhelm, K Tang, W Day, J Moran… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective comparative cohort study. Objective. To compare outcomes of
elective non-obese anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) patients with those that …

Single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion results in lower five-year revisions than posterior cervical foraminotomy in a large national cohort

RH Jayaram, PY Joo, MJ Gouzoulis, PP Ratnasamy… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective cohort study using the 2010–2020 MSpine PearlDiver
administrative data set. Objective. To compare perioperative adverse events and five-year …

Rheumatoid arthritis patients are at increased risk for adverse events following lumbar discectomy

PP Ratnasamy, KE Rudisill, MJ Gouzoulis… - The Spine Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Lumbar discectomy is a common procedure for which patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be considered. RA is an autoinflammatory disease that …

The burden of revision total ankle replacement has increased from 2010 to 2020

PP Ratnasamy, GC Maloy… - Foot & Ankle …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Total ankle replacement (TAR) surgery has increased in recent decades. The
aim of this study was to investigate the evolving burden of revision surgery and risk factors …

Outcomes following two-level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Relative to two-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy

PP Ratnasamy, MJ Gouzoulis, SS Jabbouri, AG Varthi… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort study Objective. To evaluate postoperative adverse
events, readmissions, and five-year survival to reoperation for two-level cervical disc …

Four-level ACDF surgical series 2000–2022: a systematic review of clinical and radiological outcomes and complications

A Arnautovic, J Mijares, E Begagić… - British journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The primary objective of this investigation is to systematically scrutinize extant
surgical studies delineating Four-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (4L ACDF) …

Patient-reported outcomes following anterior and posterior surgical approaches for multilevel cervical myelopathy

MJ Lambrechts, PL Brush, Y Lee, TZ Issa, CL Lawall… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort. Objective. To compare health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) outcomes between approach techniques for the treatment of multilevel …