Risk factors for mortality after 3-column osteotomy.

Purpose: Three-column osteotomies (3COs), such as pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO) and vertebral column resection (VCR), are used to surgically correct rigid adult spinal deformity (ASD). While extensive research exists about complications associated with 3COs, there remains a paucity of studies analyzing risk factors for mortality following 3CO. We believe the mortality rate after 3-column osteotomy will be low with specific identifiable demographic or medical risk factors.

Characterizing Psychological Resources and Resilience in Patients With Bladder Cancer: Associations With Frailty and Quality of Life.

Purpose: Resilience, the ability to maintain or restore baseline function after a stressor, remains unexplored in patients with bladder cancer. Our objective was to demonstrate the feasibility of prospectively characterizing baseline resilience, related psychological resources, and frailty in patients with bladder cancer and evaluate associations with quality-of-life and mental health outcomes over time.

Materials And Methods: We enrolled patients with bladder cancer (N = 67, September 2020-July 2021) into a prospective, observational, cohort study.

Positive Intervertebral Discs Are Not Associated with Subsidence Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion at 3 or 6 Months.

(), formerly known as (), is an anaerobic, low-virulent bacterium that has been associated with postoperative infections of the shoulder, knee, and cervical spine. Recent studies have highlighted an association between and the development of degenerative disc disease (DDD). The aim of this study is to ascertain whether increases the risk of subsidence following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF).

Current developments in prehabilitation in urologic oncology.

Purpose Of Review: Prehabilitation describes interventions that are undertaken prior to a major surgical or medical intervention with the objective of improving functional capability with the goal of improving candidacy for therapy, bolstering one's ability to withstand treatment-associated toxicity, functional decline, and facilitating accelerated recovery. The objective of this review is to detail the key tenets of prehabilitation, synthesize contemporary advances in prehabilitation science within Urologic Oncology , and discuss key methodologic trial design considerations salient to future prehabilitation investigations.

Recent Findings: Contemporary prehabilitation clinical trials have primarily evaluated unimodal interventions aiming to improve functional capacity across the domains of physical exercise, nutrition, and cognition with heightened interest in evaluating multimodal interventions addressing two or more domains.

Pelvic Incidence-Lumbar Lordosis Mismatch Is Not Associated with Early Reoperation for Adjacent Segment Disease After Lumbar Fusion.

Objective: To compare the 2-year reoperation rates for adjacent segment disease between patients with pelvic incidence-lumbar lordosis (PI-LL) mismatch postoperatively and patients with normal PI-LL measurements.

Methods: Patients undergoing elective 1- to 2-level lumbar fusion for degenerative conditions between 2016 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Spinopelvic radiographic parameters immediately postoperation were measured, and PI-LL mismatch was determined using the age-adjusted thresholds defined in Lafage et al.