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The five most popular items of March
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Spine Surgery Today has put together a compilation of the five news stories and videos most viewed from March 2015 to keep you abreast of the current hot topics in spine surgery.
Novel osteoinductive system shows accelerated fusion in preliminary PLIF study
PHOENIX — Researchers have developed novel spinal instrumentation that, in a preliminary study presented here, showed promise as a more advanced adjunct to bone fusion. Read more.
Artificial disc replacement offers no improvement over fusion in neck pain scores
Neck Disability Index scores showed artificial disc replacement did not produce better outcomes compared with fusion, according to researchers. Read more.
Neck, upper-extremity pain can be treated conservatively with success
Researchers found neck and upper-extremity pain was able to be treated conservatively in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for degenerative disc disease and radiculopathy; however, duration of symptoms was directly related to outcomes. Read more.
Use of TXA during spinal surgery reduces blood loss, transfusion rates
Researchers found using tranexamic acid during spinal surgery effectively reduced blood loss, the volume of blood transfused, the overall rate of transfusions and the postoperative partial thromboplastic time, according to study results. Read more.
Study shows acupuncture patients have less back pain when less afraid of physical activity
Upon investigating the psychological covariates of longitudinal changes in back-related disability among patients undergoing acupuncture, researchers found patients’ perception and self-efficacy for coping with pain were associated with changes in disability during the course of acupuncture treatment for lower-back pain. Read more.