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| Eugene K WaiSummaryAffiliation: University of Ottawa Country: Canada Publications
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Magnetic resonance imaging 20 years after anterior lumbar interbody fusionEugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 31:1952-6. 2006..A 20-year magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional outcome follow-up study was performed on patients who had undergone anterior lumbar interbody fusion...
The reliability of determining "leg dominant pain"Eugene K Wai
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 9:447-53. 2009..Despite the importance of determining whether patients with lumbar spine pain have back or leg dominant pain as a predictor for success after decompression surgery, there are limited data on the reliability of methods for doing so...- Local administration of morphine for analgesia after autogenous anterior or posterior iliac crest bone graft harvest for spinal fusion: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studyEugene K Wai
The Ottawa Hospital, 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1Y4E9
Anesth Analg 110:928-33. 2010..Various interventions, including morphine infiltration, have been proposed to minimize the associated pain... - Causal assessment of occupational lifting and low back pain: results of a systematic reviewEugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 10:554-66. 2010..Evaluating these potentially causal relationships requires a methodologically rigorous approach. Occupational repetitive and/or heavy lifting is widely thought to be a risk factor for the development of LBP... - Causal assessment of occupational carrying and low back pain: results of a systematic reviewEugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 10:628-38. 2010..Determining the causal relationship between LBP and specific occupational activities requires a rigorous methodological approach... - Causal assessment of occupational bending or twisting and low back pain: results of a systematic reviewEugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Spine J 10:76-88. 2010..Although numerous physical activities have been implicated in its etiology, determining causation remains challenging and requires a methodologically rigorous approach... - Evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain with physical activity, smoking cessation, and weight lossEugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 8:195-202. 2008..It is hoped that articles in this special focus issue will be informative and aid in decision making for the many stakeholders evaluating nonsurgical interventions for CLBP... - The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine: research trends over time and publication ratesEugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 31:3070-5. 2006..A retrospective review was conducted to assess trends in research selected for podium presentation at ISSLS... - Causal assessment of occupational standing or walking and low back pain: results of a systematic reviewDarren M Roffey
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 725 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada
Spine J 10:262-72. 2010..Low back pain (LBP) is a widespread musculoskeletal condition that frequently occurs in the working-age population. Numerous occupational physical activities have been implicated in its etiology... - Causal assessment of workplace manual handling or assisting patients and low back pain: results of a systematic reviewDarren M Roffey
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Spine J 10:639-51. 2010..Despite an unclear etiology, numerous physical activities are suspected of leading to LBP. Declaring a causal relationship between occupational activities and LBP remains challenging and requires a methodologically rigorous approach... - Causal assessment of occupational sitting and low back pain: results of a systematic reviewDarren M Roffey
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 10:252-61. 2010..Determining the precise causation of LBP remains difficult. Any attempt to implicate a specific occupational activity in the genesis of LBP requires a methodologically rigorous approach... - Causal assessment of occupational pushing or pulling and low back pain: results of a systematic reviewDarren M Roffey
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 10:544-53. 2010..Although numerous occupational physical activities have been implicated in its etiology, determining the causation of occupational LBP still remains a challenge... 
Use of both Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire and Short Form-36 among tibial-fracture patients was redundantJason W Busse
Institute for Work and Health, 481 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 62:1210-7. 2009..To compare the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Dysfunction Index (SMFA DI) and the Short Form-36 Physical Component Summary (SF-36 PCS) scores among patients undergoing operative management of tibial fractures...- Causal assessment of awkward occupational postures and low back pain: results of a systematic reviewDarren M Roffey
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 725 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada
Spine J 10:89-99. 2010..Although numerous physical activities have been implicated in its complex etiology, determining causation remains challenging and requires a methodologically rigorous approach... - Osteoconductive bone graft extenders in posterolateral thoracolumbar spinal fusion: a systematic reviewKhalid A M Alsaleh
University of Ottawa Spine Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 37:E993-1000. 2012..A systematic review... - Postoperative improvement in health-related quality of life: a national comparison of surgical treatment for focal (one- to two-level) lumbar spinal stenosis compared with total joint arthroplasty for osteoarthritisY Raja Rampersaud
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 11:1033-41. 2011..Whether these results are generalizable to routine clinical practice in Canada is unknown... - Fluid lavage of open wounds (FLOW): a multicenter, blinded, factorial pilot trial comparing alternative irrigating solutions and pressures in patients with open fracturesBradley Petrisor
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Trauma 71:596-606. 2011..We compared the use of castile soap versus normal saline and high- versus low-pressure pulsatile lavage on the rates of reoperations and complications in patients with open fracture wounds... - Pilot evaluation of a multidisciplinary, medically supervised, nonsurgical weight loss program on the severity of low back pain in obese adultsDarren M Roffey
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa Spine Unit, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Y 4E9
Spine J 11:197-204. 2011..Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent and costly condition. Although its etiology is largely unknown, a link to obesity is suspected, and weight loss programs are often recommended to obese patients with LBP... - The surgical management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a systematic reviewC Ryan Martin
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:1791-8. 2007..Systematic review... - Delay in operative stabilization of spine fractures in multitrauma patients without neurologic injuries: effects on outcomesHossein Pakzad
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
Can J Surg 54:270-6. 2011..Optimal timing for surgical stabilization of the fractured spine is controversial. Early stabilization facilitates mobilization and theoretically reduces associated complications... - Potential triaging of referrals for lumbar spinal surgery consultation: a comparison of referral accuracy from pain specialists, findings from advanced imaging and a 3-item questionnaireDavid Simon
Division of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
Can J Surg 52:473-80. 2009..However, most patients who are referred would not benefit from surgical care. Effective triaging of surgical candidates may reduce morbidity related to prolonged waiting times and optimize use of limited resources... - Surgeon attitudes toward nonphysician screening of low back or low back-related leg pain patients referred for surgical assessment: a survey of Canadian spine surgeonsJason W Busse
Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 38:E402-8. 2013..Questionnaire survey... - Can cost utility evaluations inform decision making about interventions for low back pain?Simon Dagenais
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5 Canada
Spine J 9:944-57. 2009..Numerous interventions are routinely used, although few are supported by strong evidence. Cost utility analyses (CUAs) may be helpful to inform decision makers... - Systematic review of the prevalence of radiographic primary hip osteoarthritisSimon Dagenais
Division of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Clin Orthop Relat Res 467:623-37. 2009.... - Randomized trial of reamed and unreamed intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fracturesMohit Bhandari
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
J Bone Joint Surg Am 90:2567-78. 2008..Previous small trials have left the evidence for either approach inconclusive. We compared reamed and unreamed intramedullary nailing with regard to the rates of reoperations and complications in patients with tibial shaft fractures... - Industry and evidence-based medicine: Believable or conflicted? A systematic review of the surgical literatureChris S Bailey
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
Can J Surg 54:321-6. 2011..to answer the following questions: What is the extent of such conflict of interest? Does conflict of interest bias the results of academic surgical research in favour of industry? What are the potential causes of this proindustry bias?.. - Single-level fixation of flexion distraction injuriesJoel A Finkelstein
Divisions of Orthopaedic Surgery and dagger Orthopaedics, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Center Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Spinal Disord Tech 16:236-42. 2003..The mean Oswestry score was 11.5, with 88% of patients having minimal disability. This prospective study demonstrates the efficacy of posterior open reduction and single-level fixation of flexion distraction injuries... - Arthroscopic débridement of the knee for osteoarthritis in patients fifty years of age or older: utilization and outcomes in the Province of OntarioEugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
J Bone Joint Surg Am 84:17-22. 2002....