Clinical photographs in the assessment of adult spinal deformity: a comparison to radiographic parameters.

Objective: The goal of this study was to reliably predict sagittal and coronal spinal alignment with clinical photographs by using markers placed at easily localized anatomical landmarks.

Methods: A consecutive series of patients with adult spinal deformity were enrolled from a single center. Full-length standing radiographs were obtained at the baseline visit.

Predictors of long-term opioid dependence in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with a focus on pre-operative opioid usage.

Purpose: Predictors of long-term opioid usage in TLIF patients have not been previously explored in the literature. We examined the effect of pre-operative narcotic use in addition to other predictors of the pattern and duration of post-operative narcotic usage.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study at a single academic institution of patients undergoing a one- or two-level primary TLIF between 2014 and 2017.

Diminishing Clinical Returns of Multilevel Minimally Invasive Lumbar Interbody Fusion.

Study Design: Single institution retrospective clinical review.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between levels fused and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing open and minimally invasive surgical (MIS) lumbar fusion.

Summary Of Background Data: Minimally invasive spinal fusion aims to reduce the morbidity associated with conventional open surgery.

Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery: An Analysis of Opioids, Nonopioid Analgesics, and Perioperative Characteristics.

Study Design: Retrospective study of consecutive patients at a single institution.Objective: Examine the effect of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery on long-term postoperative narcotic consumption.

Objective: Examine the effect of minimally invasive versus open TLIF on short-term postoperative narcotic consumption.

Total Inpatient Morphine Milligram Equivalents Can Predict Long-term Opioid Use After Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.

Study Design: A retrospective cohort study from a single institution.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the thresholds for postoperative opioid consumption, which are predictive of continued long-term opioid dependence.

Summary Of Background Data: The specific sum total of inpatient opioid consumption as a risk factor for long-term use after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) has not been previously studied.