Breaking the Silence: Critical discussion of a youth participatory action research project.

Background: This paper aims to inform practice for educational psychologists and other professionals who seek to facilitate youth participatory action research (YPAR) in schools. Youth participatory action research is founded on the assumption that young people are capable of being researchers who can co-create knowledge and act to change the world. It is a worldview as well as a research approach and can be initiated to co-produce knowledge, facilitate critical thinking, promote the evaluation of social systems and/or act against social oppression.

Optimal Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for Primary Osteomyelitis Discitis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

Study Design: Systematic Review and Network-Meta-analysis.

Purpose: This study aimed to systematically review the literature on management of primary osteomyelitis discitis and perform a network meta-analysis comparing the efficacy of different antibiotic treatment durations.

Background: Primary osteomyelitis discitis is a challenging condition with varying management strategies.

Comparative Analysis of Large Language Models and Spine Surgeons in Surgical Decision-Making and Radiological Assessment for Spine Pathologies.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the accuracy of large language models (LLMs), specifically ChatGPT and Claude, in surgical decision-making and radiological assessment for spine pathologies compared to experienced spine surgeons.

Methods: The study employed a comparative analysis between the LLMs and a panel of attending spine surgeons. Five written clinical scenarios encompassing various spine pathologies were presented to the LLMs and surgeons, who provided recommended surgical treatment plans.

Exploring Health Inequalities and Presurgical Attitudes on Postsurgical Outcomes in Spine Surgery.

Objective: The influence of social determinants of health on health disparities is substantial. However, their impact on postsurgical outcomes in spine can be challenging to ascertain at the community level. This study aims to explore the interplay between presurgical attitudes, area deprivation index (ADI), income, employment status, and body mass index (BMI) on postsurgical outcomes at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after elective spine surgery.

Evaluation of ERAS protocol implementation on complex spine surgery complications and length of stay: a single institution study.

Background Context: With the goal of improving patient outcomes, the Integrated Spine Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center implemented an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol which includes pre- and postsurgery guidelines. Numerous studies have shown benefit of implementation of ERAS protocols to standardize perioperative care in line with best practices; however, the literature on complication rates, LOS, and readmissions shows mixed results.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of the ERAS protocol implementation on complication rates in the perioperative period, as well as hospital and ICU length of stay and hospital re-admission rates.