Metabolic Bone Disorders Are Predictors for 2-year Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing 2-3 Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Cervical Radiculopathy or Myelopathy.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study utilizing the New York statewide planning and research cooperative system.

Study Objective: To investigate postoperative complications of patients with metabolic bone disorders (MBDs) who undergo 2-3 levels of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF).

Summary Of Background Data: MBDs and cervical degenerative pathologies, including cervical radiculopathy (CR) and cervical myelopathy (CM), are prevalent in the aging population.

Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Patterns of Practice Variability Identified as a Challenge to Real-World Big Data: Results From the Learning from Analysis of Multicentre Big Data Aggregation (LAMBDA) Consortium.

Purpose: Outside of randomized clinical trials, it is difficult to develop clinically relevant evidence-based recommendations for radiation therapy (RT) practice guidelines owing to lack of comprehensive real-world data. To address this knowledge gap, we formed the Learning from Analysis of Multicenter Big Data Aggregation consortium to cooperatively implement RT data standardization, develop software solutions for data analysis, and recommend clinical practice change based on real-world data analyzed. The first phase of this "Big Data" study aimed at characterizing variability in clinical practice patterns of dosimetric data for organs at risk (OARs) that would undermine subsequent use of large-scale, electronically aggregated data to characterize associations with outcomes.

Does Research Training lead to Academic Success in Orthopedic Surgery? An Analysis of U.S Academic Orthopedic Surgeons.

Background: Academic surgeons are invaluable for scientific advancement and training the next generation of orthopedic surgeons.

Objective: This study aimed to describe a cohort of academic orthopedic surgeons currently in practice with common academic metrics.

Methods: ACGME-accredited orthopedic surgery programs with a university affiliation were identified.

Phantom limb syndrome: Assessment of psychiatric and medical comorbidities associated with Phantom pain in 44,028 below knee amputees.

Introduction: Phantom limb syndrome is a debilitating complication after extremity amputation that poses significant challenges to recovery. This study aims to examine the relationship between phantom limb syndrome and mental and physical comorbidities, including a comparison between phantom limb pain and phantom limb syndrome without pain in below knee amputees.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent below knee amputation of the lower extremity in the PearlDiver database, as identified using CPT codes.

Does fusion length matter? Total hip arthroplasty dislocation after extension of lumbosacral fusion: a case report.

Case: Hip-spine syndrome is a complex challenge for orthopedic surgeons. We present a 60-year-old female with a history of spinal fusion and total hip arthroplasty. The patient underwent extension of the previous fusion with sacropelvic fixation, and 5 months later she presented with left posterior prosthetic hip dislocation which required sedation and closed reduction.