Safety of early discharge after elective lumbar spine surgery with subfascial drains and association with significant reduction in length of stay.

Objective: After lumbar spine surgery, postoperative drain removal often delays discharge. Whether inpatient drain removal reduces the risk of surgical site infection (SSI) or hematoma remains controversial. Therefore, in patients undergoing elective lumbar spine surgery, the authors sought to determine the impact of inpatient versus outpatient drain removal on the following variables: 1) length of hospital stay (LOS), and 2) postoperative complications.

Perioperative Modifications to the Open TLIF Provide Comparable Short-term Outcomes to the MIS-TLIF.

Study Design: This study is a retrospective review of patients' charts and data from longitudinally collected clinical outcomes and opioid use.

Objective: In the current study, we aim to compare short-term outcomes data for 139 Open transforaminal interbody fusion (TLIF) patients to recently published data for tubular and endoscopic MIS-TLIF.

Background Context: In response to the downsides associated with Open TLIF, such as large incision, blood loss, delayed ambulation, prolonged hospitalization, and opioid-reliance, spine surgeons developed tubular retractor based "minimally-invasive" TLIF.

Opioid-free spine surgery: a prospective study of 244 consecutive cases by a single surgeon.

Background Context: There have been no reported efforts to eliminate opioid use for elective spine surgery, despite its well-known drawbacks.

Purpose: We sought to test the hypothesis that opioid-free elective spine surgery, including lumbar fusions, can be performed with satisfactory pain control.

Study Design/ Setting: This study analyzes prospectively collected data from a single surgeon's patients who were enrolled into an institutional spine registry.

The F type mitochondrial genome of the scorched mussel: Brachidontes exustus, (Mytiloida, Mytilidae).

The nominal species Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a cryptic complex. Long polymerase chain reactions and direct sequencing by primer walking was used to determine the complete F type mitochondrial genome of the Gulf of Mexico clade. The genome is 16,600 bp long and contains a single large unassigned presumptive control region, 13 protein-coding genes, 23 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes, all coded for on the heavy chain.