Revision Surgery after Single Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Plate vs Stand-Alone Cage over 2 to 5 Year Follow-Up.

Study Design: retrospective study.

Objective: To investigate the incidence of all-cause revision surgery between plated vs stand-alone cage constructs for single level ACDF.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed a commercial insurance claims database.

The cost-utility of intraoperative tranexamic acid in adult spinal deformity patients undergoing long posterior spinal fusion.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the cost-utility of intraoperative tranexamic acid (TXA) in adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients undergoing long posterior (≥ 5 vertebral levels) spinal fusion.

Methods: A decision-analysis model was built for a hypothetical 60-year-old adult patient with spinal deformity undergoing long posterior spinal fusion. A comprehensive review of the literature was performed to obtain event probabilities, costs and health utilities at each node.

Gender diversity at spine surgery academic conferences: a 15-year investigation.

Background Context: Enhancing gender diversity at academic conferences is critical for advancing women's representation and career trajectories in spine surgery.

Purpose: To discover trends in women's representation at major spine conferences over a 15-year period.

Study Design/setting: Conference records from the 2007-2021 annual meetings of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Spine Society, and Scoliosis Research Society (SRS).