Complication avoidance with pre-operative screening: insights from the Seattle spine team

QD Buchlak, V Yanamadala, JC Leveque… - Current reviews in …, 2016 - Springer
Complication rates for complex adult lumbar scoliosis surgery are unacceptably high.
Standardized preoperative evaluation protocols have been shown to significantly reduce the …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting surgical complications in adult patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion using machine learning

V Arvind, JS Kim, EK Oermann, D Kaji, SK Cho - Neurospine, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Machine learning algorithms excel at leveraging big data to identify complex
patterns that can be used to aid in clinical decision-making. The objective of this study is to …

Predicting surgical complications in patients undergoing elective adult spinal deformity procedures using machine learning

JS Kim, V Arvind, EK Oermann, D Kaji, W Ranson… - Spine deformity, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Study Design Cross-sectional database study. Objective To train and validate
machine learning models to identify risk factors for complications following surgery for adult …

Complications of thoracolumbar adult spinal deformity surgery

SA Patel, CL McDonald, DBC Reid, KJ DiSilvestro… - JBJS …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Complications of Thoracolumbar Adult Spinal Deformity Surger... : JBJS Reviews
Complications of Thoracolumbar Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery : JBJS Reviews JBJS Journal …

Cardiac complications related to spine surgery: timing, risk factors, and clinical effect

P Bovonratwet, DD Bohl, R Malpani… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Patients who underwent spine surgery in the 2005 to 2012 National Surgical
Quality Improvement Program database were identified. The primary outcome was an …

Impact of smoking on postoperative complications after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

TE Purvis, HJ Rodriguez, AK Ahmed, C Boone… - Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - Elsevier
The relationship between smoking and the risk of postoperative complications among
anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) patients remains uncertain. We compared …

Adverse outcomes and prediction of cardiopulmonary complications in elective spine surgery

PG Passias, GW Poorman, E Delsole… - Global spine …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to
report incidence of cardiopulmonary complications in elective spine surgery, demographic …

Health-related quality of life scores underestimate the impact of major complications in lumbar degenerative scoliosis surgery

SD Glassman, KH Bridwell, CI Shaffrey, CC Edwards II… - Spine deformity, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Study Design Retrospective cohort. Objective To examine Charlson Comorbidity
Index (CCMI) as a marker for deterioration in health status not reflected in standard Health …

Complications in the management of patients with spine trauma

G Stricsek, G Ghobrial, J Wilson… - Neurosurgery …, 2017 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
The most recent estimates suggest that there are roughly 17,000 new cases of spinal cord
injury (SCI) each year, with a prevalence between 243,000 to 347,000 people. 1 Lifetime …

Preoperative functional status as a predictor of short-term outcome in adult spinal deformity surgery

R De la Garza Ramos, CR Goodwin, BD Elder… - Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Adult spinal deformity (ASD) may cause severe disability and difficulty with daily activities.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of preoperative functional status on …