Risk Severity Scores in Spine Surgery
Risk Severity Scores in Spine Surgery Richard Menger, MD, MPA Kevin Wang, MHA David Polly, MD Michael Vitale, MD, MPH OVERVIEW Despite the best intentions, planning, and skillful execution, no…
Avoiding Catastrophic Intraoperative Neurologic Events in Spine Deformity Surgery
Avoiding Catastrophic Intraoperative Neurologic Events in Spine Deformity Surgery Eduardo C. Beauchamp, MD Lawrence G. Lenke, MD INTRODUCTION The most feared complication in spine deformity surgery is permanent neurologic deficit…
Making Wrong Site Spine Surgery a Never Event
Making Wrong Site Spine Surgery a Never Event Winward Choy, MD Roaya Jannatipour, BS Catherine A. Miller, MD Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD INTRODUCTION Wrong site surgeries are considered potentially preventable…
Surgical Site Infection: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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
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
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
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
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…
