Surgical Site Infection: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Michael Glotzbecker, MD Jean-Christophe Leveque, MD PEDIATRIC SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS Why Do SSI After Pediatric Spinal Surgery Matter? Prevention of surgical site infections…
Optimizing Pain Management in Spine Patients Andre M. Samuel, MD Avani Vaishnav, BA Catherine Gang, MS Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA INTRODUCTION Prescription drug abuse is now considered an epidemic in…
Blood Conservation in Spine Surgery W. G. Stuart Mackenzie, MD Suken A. Shah, MD INTRODUCTION With large surgical exposures and prolonged operative times, spine deformity surgery has high potential for…
Bleeding and the Importance of Standard Work ADULT RECONSTRUCTIVE SPINE SURGERY AND THE RISK OF HIGH-VOLUME BLOOD LOSS A major contributor to the high morbidity and mortality associated with adult…
Standard Work in the Preoperative Assessment Michael Bohl, MD Rajiv K. Sethi, MD WHAT IS STANDARD WORK? The concept of standard work was developed by Toyota engineer and founding father…
Sports Medicine Bashir A. Zikria Yalda Siddiqui SHOULDER INSTABILITY TUBS—Traumatic, Unidirectional instability with a Bankart lesion often requiring Surgery Anterior instability Patient age most important factor for recurrence Trauma (contact…
Oncology and Pathology Adam S. Levin EVALUATION AND STAGING Staging Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS, Enneking) staging—anatomic, surgical staging system Benign tumors Latent—narrow zone of transition on radiographs Active—may grow but…
Foot and Ankle Nigel N. Hsu Casey Jo Humbyrd ANATOMY Ligaments Lateral Anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) Calcaneofibular ligament (CFL) Posterior talofibular ligament Syndesmosis Anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament (AITFL)—35% of strength…
Pediatrics John E. Tis Jaysson T. Brooks Rushyuan Jay Lee PEDIATRIC MULTITRAUMA General Principles More elastic bone Thicker periosteum—easier to hold reduction Remodeling Correction of deformity with growth Highest in…
