Impact of Obesity on Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF): Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality.

Aim: To investigate the impact of obesity on postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients who underwent anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF).

Material And Methods: The American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP) files from 2006 to 2019 were queried for all patients who underwent an ACDF. Fisher exact tests were used in analyzing univariate differences in preoperative comorbidities and postoperative morbidity and mortality between patients with and without obesity (BMI ?30 kg/ m < sup > 2 < /sup > ).

Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality in Lumbar Spine Surgery Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Chronic Steroid Use.

Background: Perioperative steroids have traditionally been administered during lumbar spine surgery in order to decrease local inflammation and prevent scar tissue formation, which can otherwise contribute to significant, long-lasting postoperative pain due to the formation of epidural fibrosis around lumbar nerve roots. However, the use of steroids in lumbar spine patients has raised concerns of postoperative wound complications caused by corticosteroid-induced immunomodulatory effects and changes in collagen synthesis. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing spine surgery are at a particularly elevated risk of various complications due to chronic CKD-related systemic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.

Racial Disparities Affecting Postoperative Outcomes After Brain Tumor Resection.

Objective: To investigate racial disparities in 30-day postoperative outcomes of craniotomy for glioma resection.

Methods: 2006-2019 American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program files were queried for all patients who underwent a craniotomy for a supratentorial glioma resection. Racial disparities in preoperative variables were studied between the demographic cohorts of Asian, African Americans, Hispanics, and Caucasian.

Correlation of natural language assessment results with health-related quality of life in adult glioma patients.

Objective: Impairments of speech are common in patients with glioma and negatively impact health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The benchmark for clinical assessments is task-based measures, which are not always feasible to administer and may miss essential components of HRQoL. In this study, the authors tested the hypothesis that variations in natural language (NL) correlate with HRQoL in a pattern distinct from task-based measures of language performance.

Coagulation Profile as a Significant Risk Factor for Short-Term Complications and Mortality after Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.

Background: Cervical degenerative disc disease is the most common indication for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Given the possible complications, patients are stratified before anterior cervical discectomy and fusion by preoperative risk factors to optimize treatment. One preoperative factor is a patient's coagulation profile.

Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging with independent component analysis for presurgical seizure onset zone localization: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: One of the greatest challenges of achieving successful surgical outcomes in patients with epilepsy is the ability to properly localize the seizure onset zone (SOZ). Many techniques exist for localizing the SOZ, including intracranial electroencephalography, magnetoencephalography, and stereoelectroencephalography. Recently, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) in conjunction with independent component analysis (ICA) has been utilized for presurgical planning of SOZ resection, with varying results.