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Clinical guidelines and payer policies on fusion for the treatment of chronic low back painJoseph S Cheng
Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 36:S144-63. 2011..Systematic review...
Comparison of cervical spine kinematics using a fluoroscopic model for adjacent segment degeneration. Invited submission from the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2007Joseph S Cheng
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville and Tennessee 37232 2380, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 7:509-13. 2007..In this cervical spine kinematics study the authors evaluate the motions and forces in the normal, degenerative, and fused states to assess how alteration in the cervical motion segment affects adjacent segment degeneration and spondylosis...
Rod derotation techniques for thoracolumbar spinal deformityJoseph S Cheng
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 2380, USA
Neurosurgery 63:149-56. 2008..Rod derotation techniques will be reviewed and discussed in this article...
Anticoagulation risk in spine surgeryJoseph S Cheng
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, T 4224 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 35:S117-24. 2010..Systematic review...
Preoperative Zung Depression Scale predicts outcome after revision lumbar surgery for adjacent segment disease, recurrent stenosis, and pseudarthrosisOwoicho Adogwa
Department of Neurosurgery, The Spinal Column Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research Laboratory, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 4347 Village at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN 37232 8618, USA
Spine J 12:179-85. 2012..There remains a paucity of studies assessing the predictive value of baseline depression on outcomes in the setting of revision spine surgery...
Determination of minimum clinically important difference in pain, disability, and quality of life after extension of fusion for adjacent-segment diseaseScott L Parker
Departments of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 16:61-7. 2012..The MCID remains uninvestigated for any PROs in the setting of revision lumbar surgery for adjacent-segment disease (ASD)...
Cost per quality-adjusted life year gained of laminectomy and extension of instrumented fusion for adjacent-segment disease: defining the value of surgical interventionOwoicho Adogwa
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 16:141-6. 2012..It has been shown to have favorable long-term outcomes, but the cost-effectiveness remains unclear. In this study, the authors set out to assess the cost-effectiveness of revision surgery in the treatment of ASD over a 2-year period...
Cost per quality-adjusted life year gained of revision neural decompression and instrumented fusion for same-level recurrent lumbar stenosis: defining the value of surgical interventionOwoicho Adogwa
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 16:135-40. 2012..The authors set out to assess the 2-year comprehensive cost of revision surgery and determine its value in the treatment of same-level recurrent stenosis...
Cost-effectiveness of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for Grade I degenerative spondylolisthesisOwoicho Adogwa
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 15:138-43. 2011..The authors set out to assess the comprehensive costs of TLIF at their institution and to determine its cost-effectiveness in the treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis...
Cost-effectiveness of multilevel hemilaminectomy for lumbar stenosis-associated radiculopathyScott L Parker
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 4347 Village at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN 37232 8618, USA
Spine J 11:705-11. 2011..However, given rising health-care costs, attention has been turned to question the cost-effectiveness of lumbar decompressive procedures. The cost-effectiveness of multilevel hemilaminectomy for radiculopathy remains unclear...
Determination of minimum clinically important difference (MCID) in pain, disability, and quality of life after revision fusion for symptomatic pseudoarthrosisScott L Parker
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA Vanderbilt University Spinal Column Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research Laboratory, Nashville, TN, USA
Spine J 12:1122-8. 2012..Post hoc anchor-based MCID methods have not been applied to the surgical treatment for pseudoarthrosis...
Preoperative Zung depression scale predicts patient satisfaction independent of the extent of improvement after revision lumbar surgeryOwoicho Adogwa
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 4347 Village at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN 37232 8618, USA
Spine J 13:501-6. 2013..We hypothesize that patient psychiatric profiles influence reported satisfaction with care, independent of surgical effectiveness...
Association of extent of local tumor invasion and survival in patients with malignant primary osseous spinal neoplasms from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) databaseDebraj Mukherjee
Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
World Neurosurg 76:580-5. 2011..The surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) registry was reviewed to determine whether extent of local tumor invasion at presentation was independently associated with overall survival...
Utility of minimum clinically important difference in assessing pain, disability, and health state after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesisScott L Parker
Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 14:598-604. 2011..By this measure, treatment effects reaching the MCID threshold value imply clinical significance and justification for implementation into clinical practice...
Revision lumbar surgery in elderly patients with symptomatic pseudarthrosis, adjacent-segment disease, or same-level recurrent stenosis. Part 2. A cost-effectiveness analysis: clinical articleOwoicho Adogwa
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 18:147-53. 2013..The aim of this study was to assess the long-term outcomes and cost-effectiveness of revision surgery in elderly patients with recurrent or persistent back and leg pain...
Correlation of preoperative depression and somatic perception scales with postoperative disability and quality of life after lumbar discectomyKaisorn L Chaichana
Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 14:261-7. 2011....
Revision lumbar surgery in elderly patients with symptomatic pseudarthrosis, adjacent-segment disease, or same-level recurrent stenosis. Part 1. Two-year outcomes and clinical efficacy: clinical articleOwoicho Adogwa
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 18:139-46. 2013....
Outcome science in practice: an overview and initial experience at the Vanderbilt Spine CenterMatthew J McGirt
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Neurosurg Focus 34:E7. 2013....
Practice management guidelines for the screening of thoracolumbar spine fractureJose J Diaz
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37212, USA
J Trauma 63:709-18. 2007..The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma organization Practice Management Guidelines committee set out to develop an EBM guideline for the diagnosis of TLS fractures...
Chiari type I malformation: overview of diagnosis and treatmentJohn Nash
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis, USA
WMJ 101:35-40. 2002..Ongoing research is devoted to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of Chiari I malformation and the development of more effective medical and surgical treatments...
