The Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Proposed Thromboprophylactic Regime.

Objective: To determine the safety and efficacy of the proposed venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis regime in patients undergoing anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) surgery.

Background: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are recognized complications after spine surgery, with rates in the literature ranging from 0% to 14% with some form of prophylaxis. Pharmacological thromboprophylaxis can cause postoperative bleeding and hematomas, which can result in significant neural compromise or permanent injury, and wound complications.

Novel bone grafting technique in stand-alone ALIF procedure combining allograft and autograft ('Northumbria Technique')-Fusion rate and functional outcomes in 100 consecutive patients.

Introduction: Successful ALIF surgery depends upon achieving solid fusion, whilst avoiding significant complications. Herein, we present the 'Northumbria Technique' of combining allograft with autograft in order to achieve solid interbody fusion.

Materials And Methods: A single-surgeon series of 100 consecutive patients undergoing stand-alone ALIF from 2016 to 2019 was studied.

Pilot evaluation of a resilience training program for people with multiple sclerosis.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and psychosocial outcomes of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based group resilience training program for people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Research Method/Design: The study used a pre-post group intervention design with 3-month follow-up. The intervention consisted of 8 group sessions of 2.

The effect of sleep on item recognition and source memory recollection among shift-workers and permanent day-workers.

We studied the effect of sleep versus wakefulness on item recognition and source memory recollection in a sample of shift-workers and permanent day-workers. Recognition of words that were previously viewed arrayed in quadrants of a page, and recollection of the original source location of the words on the page were assessed after a 12-h retention interval that was filled with wakefulness incorporating the subjects' work-shift, or an equal period that included sleep. Both shift-workers and permanent day-workers had poorer item recognition and source memory recollection when the retention interval was spent awake rather than including sleep.