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Medical students: Don’t miss AO NA LINK session 8 on Pelvis Fractures on Thursday, February 8 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time!
Faculty
Chair- Timothy Achor, MD
Faculty- Phil Mitchell, MD; Taylor Yong, MD
Session 7 Guest Faculty- David Zuelzer, MD
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#NEUBestof2023@KuoCathleen et al examine the MRI-based vertebral bone quality score (VBQ), new in assessing bone quality: Vertebral Bone Quality Score Independently Predicts Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and/or Failure After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery https://t.co/8k3DKRE57f
Spine mets-scores, prognosis-how about mental effects? Gao et al used ML to predict higher risk for severe psych distress. 21% of pts had distress. Important factors: elderly, smoking, drinking, lower education (and others). As a cancer survivor myself, ty for addressing 1/2
We’ve all thought it—some patients have low pain thresholds. Angadi et al decided to study it. They found preop pain sensitivity associated with more pain med requirement after lumbar fusion. Authors’ message—may need to titrate pain meds more diligently in this group. 1/2
@OrthoAcademic @jamestoml1 By the way: there have been older concepts of three columns in the history of spinal surgery.
Maybe, this paper is useful:
The Concept of Evolution of Thoracolumbar Fracture Classifications Helps in
Surgical Decisions
Asian Spine Journal, Dec 2015
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2015.9.6.984
Among various grading system for
Intervertebral disk (IVD) degeneration, Pfirrmann et al schemen is very popular.
Based on T2-weighted MRI, 5 grades assigned by looking at structure & height of the IVD, signal intensity changes, distinction of NP and AF.
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#OnlineFirst: Optimizing surgical management of facet cysts of the lumbar spine: systematic review, meta-analysis, and local case series of 1251 patients. https://t.co/ndGPTUsKti