Importance Use of lumbar fusion has increased substantially over the last 2 decades. For
patients with lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, 2 landmark prospective …

Purpose To identify how pre-surgical conservative care is characterized and reported in
randomized controlled trials of adults undergoing elective lumbar fusion, including duration …

Purpose Spine surgeries have experienced exponential growth over the past 2 decades.
These surgeries are often accompanied by long and severe perioperative pain, presenting a …

Purpose To examine Medicare reimbursement for hip arthroscopy from 2011 to 2022.
Methods The seven most common procedures performed with hip arthroscopy by a single …

Purpose Frailty is an independent risk factor for adverse postoperative outcomes following
spine surgery. The ability of the Risk Analysis Index (RAI) to predict adverse outcomes …

Objective Spinal cord stimulators (SCS) allow spine surgeons to provide relief for patients
who suffer from chronic pain due to several disorders, such as failed back surgery …

Objective Studies have reported the detrimental effects of depression following spine
surgery; however, none have evaluated whether preoperative depression screening in …

Volume increases, inflation, statutory freezes in physician payments, and the budget
neutrality requirement for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule have resulted in persistent …

Objective The present study compares postoperative outcomes between patients with and
without sickle cell disease (SCD) undergoing 1-to 3-level lumbar spinal fusion for …

Background Retraction of scientific publications is an important check on scientific
misconduct and serves to maintain the integrity of the scientific literature. The present study …