Why a P-Value is Not Enough.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a prospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a preoperative conference on spine surgeons' decision-making in the treatment of adult spinal disorders. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND DATA:There are several factors that spine surgeons have to consider when ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Erken HY,Bae J,Lee SH,Seo JS,Shin SH

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case-control study. OBJECTIVE:To compare the incidence, management, and outcome of incidental durotomy in revision microdiscectomy with open and minimal-access surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Incidental durotomy occurs with a variable incidence of 3%-27% in spine surgery. The highest ra...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Kogias E,Klingler JH,Franco Jimenez P,Vasilikos I,Sircar R,Scholz C,Hubbe U

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between preoperative Modic change (MC) and postoperative clinical assessment scores for patients receiving lumbar discectomy or transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for lumbar disk herniation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Lumbar disk herni...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： MacLean MA,Kureshi N,Shankar J,Stewart SA,Christie SD

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of 2 prospectively collected multicenter databases, one for cervical deformity (CD) and the other for general adult spinal deformity. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relative quality-of-life and disability burden in patients with uncompensated cervical, thoracolumbar, or cervical and t...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Passias PG,Poorman GW,Lafage V,Smith J,Ames C,Schwab F,Shaffrey C,Segreto FA,Horn SR,Bortz CA,Varlotta CG,Hockley A,Wang C,Daniels A,Neuman B,Hart R,Burton D,Javidan Y,Line B,LaFage R,Bess S,Sciubba D,ISSG.

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a national database study. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to assess the impact of prior bariatric surgery (BS) on altering 90-day postoperative outcomes following elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusions (ACDFs). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Though obesity has previously been s...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Malik AT,Noria S,Xu W,Retchin S,Yu ES,Khan SN

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case series. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate radiographic and clinical outcomes of adults with spinal deformity treated with multilevel anterior column releases (ACR). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pedicle subtraction osteotomy can be used effectively to correct spinal deformity; however, it is not without complicati...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Demirkiran G,Theologis AA,Pekmezci M,Ames C,Deviren V

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to analyze the relationships between degenerative spondylolisthesis in the fifth lumbar vertebra (L5-DS) and radiographic parameters and to further determine the radiographic predictors of the development of L5-DS. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Degenerative ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Chen Q,Cao L,Bian C,Wang HR,Lin H,Li XL,Jiang YQ,Dong J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized clinical trials often represent the highest level of clinical evidence available to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention in clinical medicine. Although the process of randomization serves to maximize internal validity, the external validity, or generalizability, of such studies depends on several factor...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Merali Z,Wilson JR

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective clinical study. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:To the authors knowledge, there are no previous prospective studies to test the feasibility of the unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) technique in management of lumbar canal stenosis. PURPOSE:The study was conducted to compare clinical results of t...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Aygun H,Abdulshafi K

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a prospective study. OBJECTIVE:To determine patient awareness of surgeon-industry relationships, how these relationships affect patient perceptions of surgeons, and which relationships cause the greatest concern to patients. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The prevalence of orthopedic surgeon-industr...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Iyer S,Yoo JS,Jenkins NW,Parrish JM,Khechen B,Haws BE,Nolte MT,Brundage TS,Hrynewycz NM,Phillips FM,Singh K

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Surgical technique. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of a novel groove-entry technique for thoracic percutaneous pedicle screw (PPS) insertion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Minimally invasive spine stabilization (MISt) using posterior thoracolumbar instrumentation has many advantages over open procedures...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Ishii K,Shiono Y,Funao H,Singh K,Matsumoto M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study was an ambispective long-term cost-utility analysis with retrospective chart review and included the prospective completion of health questionnaires by patients. OBJECTIVE:This was a cost-utility analysis, comparing conservative treatment, discectomy, and discectomy with spinal fusion for patie...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Selva-Sevilla C,Ferrara P,Gerónimo-Pardo M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether comorbidities and demographics, identified preoperatively, can impact patient outcomes and satisfaction after lumbar spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The surgical treatment of lower back pain does not always eliminate a patient's pain and ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Chapin L,Ward K,Ryken T

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study of preoperative and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in spinal ependymoma. OBJECTIVE:The goal of the study was to examine MRI features, including the syrinx component volume, after surgical resection of spinal ependymoma, and to relate these features to extent ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Kobayashi K,Ando K,Machino M,Tanaka S,Morozumi M,Kanbara S,Ito S,Inoue T,Matsuyama Y,Ishiguro N,Imagama S

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) or obvious proximal junctional angle (PJA) changes in the sagittal plane develops following short fusion in children younger than 10 years of age with congenital scoliosis, and to investigate the possible risk facto...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Wang Y,Kawakami N,Tsuji T,Ohara T,Suzuki Y,Saito T,Nohara A,Tauchi R,Kawakami K

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjacent segment disease (ASD) is disappointing long-term outcome for both the patient and clinician. In contrast to adjacent segment degeneration, which is a common radiographic finding, ASD is less common. The incidence of ASD in both the cervical and lumbar spine is between 2% and 4% per year, and ASD is a signific...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Tobert DG,Antoci V,Patel SP,Saadat E,Bono CM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central cord syndrome (CCS) represents a clinical phenomenon characterized by disproportionately greater motor impairment of the upper than of the lower extremities, bladder dysfunction. CSS is the most common form of incomplete traumatic spinal cord injury. The initial description of CSS was reported in 1887 secondar...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Hashmi SZ,Marra A,Jenis LG,Patel AA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database review. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY:The objective of the study was to assess whether bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) decreases the risk of revision surgery in elderly patients treated with 3-7 level or 8 or greater level fusions. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Revision spine surgery in the...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Puvanesarajah V,Jain A,Cancienne JM,Stein BE,Novicoff WM,Shimer AL,Shen F,Hassanzadeh H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this publication is to present a case of idiopathic spinal cord herniation (ISCH) associated with a transdural disk herniation, demonstrate an operative technique used to treat this condition and provide an updated review the literature. BACKGROUND CONTEXT:ISCH is an infrequent condition that can ca...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Randhawa PS,Roark C,Case D,Seinfeld J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective study and a technique note. OBJECTIVES:To introduce a new entrance technique for C2 pedicle screw placement and to measure the related linear and angular parameters about the entrance point on computed tomography (CT) images. The safety of this technique for patients with atlantoaxial instab...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Liu JM,Jiang J,Liu ZL,Long XH,Chen WZ,Zhou Y,Gao S,He LC,Huang SH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Spine Patient Outcomes Related Trial (SPORT) is arguably one of the most impactful and insightful studies conducted in spine surgery. Designed as a prospective, multicenter study with a randomized and observational cohort, SPORT has provided vast data on the pathogenesis, treatment effects, clinical outcomes, cost...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Ilyas H,Savage J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case series study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the electrophysiological location of nerve root entrapment in patients with isthmic spondylolisthesis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although the lesion of the nerve root in patients with isthmic spondylolisthesis has been thought to be located at the pars inter...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Morita M,Miyauchi A,Okuda S,Oda T,Iwasaki M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the rising health care costs in the United States, there has been a focus on value-based care and improving the cost-effectiveness of surgical procedures. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can not only give physicians and health care providers immediate feedback on the well-being of the patients but...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Lee TJ,Thomas AA,Grandhi NR,Galetta MS,Goyal DKC,Fang T,Schroeder GD,Kepler CK,Vaccaro AR

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the results of posterior pedicle-screw fixation with transpedicular decompression in 21 cases of thoracic and thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis (TB) in terms of functional, neurological, and radiologic outcomes. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Spinal TB is predomin...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： D'souza AR,Mohapatra B,Bansal ML,Das K

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro biomechanical study of cervical intervertebral distraction. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the forces required for distraction to different heights in an in vitro C5-C6 anterior cervical distraction model, focusing on the influence of the intervertebral disk, posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL), and ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Wen J,Xu J,Li L,Yang M,Pan J,Chen D,Jia L,Tan J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective Cohort. OBJECTIVE:To determine if an association exists between surgery day and length of stay or hospital costs after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF). SUMMARYOF BACKGROUND DATA:Length of inpatient stay after orthopedic procedures has been identified as ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Hijji FY,Narain AS,Haws BE,Khechen B,Kudaravalli KT,Yom KH,Singh K

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study using the MarketScan longitudinal database (2006-2010). OBJECTIVE:Compare complication rates between groups of patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) procedures performed by surgeons with high versus low mean annual ACDF volume. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:O...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Cole T,Veeravagu A,Zhang M,Ratliff JK

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a company to provide high value to its customers, its organization design is critical. As health care transitions to a value-based model, it is critical that spinal care organizations are structured in such a way that they can maximize value to both the patient and the payers. This article will discuss the 3 most ...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Sharan AD,Schroeder GD,West ME,Vaccaro AR

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a level III retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate association between prophylactic tranexamic acid (TXA) administration before 1 and 2-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion operations and perioperative blood loss (including intraoperative blood loss and postoperative drain output)...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Larson E,Evans T,Long J,Gannon E,Lyden E,Cornett C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hidden zone foraminal herniations are among the more rare forms of herniations. As exploration is difficult, and there is a close relationship between the nerve root and pedicle, many surgical approaches have been proposed. The aim of this study was to describe downward laminotomy as a new approach to thes...

journal_title：Clinical spine surgery

authors： Naderi S,Onen MR

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00