Publications by authors named "Anthony G Conte"
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- Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) procedures traditionally use a plate-and-screw system, but standalone cages are being compared due to potential benefits like shorter surgery time and fewer swallowing issues.
- A study reviewed outcomes from 321 patients undergoing ACDF, analyzing various factors such as revision surgery rates, blood loss, and hospital stay between standalone and plated constructs over a follow-up period averaging 20 months.
- Results indicated that while standalone constructs had a higher revision rate (8.7%) compared to plated constructs (3.6%), the difference wasn't statistically significant, and no notable differences were found in postoperative complications like dysphagia or hoarseness.
In this study, we report three cases of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage in patients who were initially hospitalized at our tertiary care center in Washington, DC with symptoms of COVID-19. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was diagnosed in all three patients, who were critically ill, requiring intubation and ventilatory support. During their protracted hospitalizations, subsequent imaging disclosed intracranial hemorrhages, including intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhages, in the context of anticoagulation and coagulopathy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Spondylolysis is a defect in the pars interarticularis that typically presents with axial back pain. Recently, minimally invasive spine techniques have increased in popularity and have been applied to the Buck technique of direct pars repair.
Case Description: In our series, 2 patients underwent minimally invasive direct pars repair by the percutaneous insertion of a cannulated lag screw across the pars defect with compression against the lamina.