Publications by authors named "Drew Sturgill"
Background: In rare circumstances, an implanted deep brain stimulation device will develop impedance issues across its contacts. Even more rare is the resultant inability to program a patient effectively, or that the patients' prior programming settings become unusable.
Objective: In this study we investigate this occurrence across the device manufacturers implanted, and whether this could be resolved.
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- Spinal fusion surgery is costly, and the study compares the effectiveness and costs of robot-assisted (RA), computed tomography navigation (CT-nav), and freehand fluoroscopy-guided (FFG) methods for pedicle screw placement in lumbar fusion surgery (LFS).
- The analysis evaluated 1162 studies, narrowing down to 5 relevant ones, revealing that RA led to shorter hospital stays and lower blood loss compared to FFG, while also reducing operative time over CT-nav.
- The findings suggest that RA offers similar patient outcomes to CT-nav and FFG but is more cost-effective due to savings on hospital stays, amounting to approximately $4086.
Post-acute withdrawal syndrome is an underresearched topic that affects many patients with substance use disorders after the cessation of substance use. Post-acute withdrawal syndrome is exemplified by the occurrence of substance-specific withdrawal signs and symptoms lasting well past the known timeframe for acute withdrawal of a used substance. Post-acute withdrawal syndrome may also include signs and symptoms that are not substance specific that persist, evolve, or appear well past the expected acute withdrawal timeframe.
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