Publications by authors named "Oliver Tannous"
Article Synopsis
- Spinal cord injuries lead to higher long-term costs and reduced life expectancy, highlighting a significant impact on quality of life.* -
- Current treatment guidelines are primarily based on limited studies, with a focus on the American Spinal Injury Association impairment scale showing that grades A and B have poorer ambulation recovery compared to grades C and D.* -
- Early surgical intervention within 24 hours, particularly for cervical spine injuries, may improve motor function, while the effectiveness of using mean arterial pressure goals and steroids for treatment needs more research for better understanding.*
Study Design: Single-blinded prospective randomized control trial.
Objectives: To compare the incidence of adverse events (AEs) and hospital length of stay between patients who received liposomal bupivacaine (LB) versus a single saline injection, following posterior lumbar decompression and fusion surgery for degenerative spondylosis.
Methods: From 2015 to 2016, 59 patients undergoing posterior lumbar decompression and fusion surgery were prospectively enrolled and randomized to receive either 60 mL injection of 266 mg LB or 60 mL of 0.
Background: Postoperative pain management in spine surgery holds unique challenges. The purpose of this study is to determine if the local anesthetic liposomal bupivacaine (LB) reduces the total opioid requirement in the first 3 days following posterior lumbar decompression and fusion (PLDF) surgery for degenerative spondylosis.
Methods: Fifty patients underwent PLDF surgery in a prospective randomized control pilot trial between August 2015 and October 2016 and were equally allocated to either a treatment (LB) or a control (saline) group.
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Objective: To determine whether a low-density (LD) screw construct can achieve curve correction similar to a high-density (HD) construct in adolescent scoliosis.
Methods: Patients treated operatively for idiopathic scoliosis between 2007 and 2011 were identified through a database review.
Background Context: Complex sacral fractures with vertical and anterior pelvic ring instability treated with traditional fixation methods are associated with high rates of failure and poor clinical outcomes. Supplemental lumbopelvic fixation (LPF) has been applied for additional stability to help with fracture union.
Purpose: The study aimed to determine whether minimally invasive LPF provides reliable fracture stability and acceptable complication rates in cases of complex sacral fractures.
Objective: We sought to determine the role of lumbopelvic fixation (LPF) in the treatment of zone II sacral fractures with varying levels of sacral comminution combined with anterior pelvic ring (PR) instability. We also sought to determine the proximal extent of LPF necessary for adequate stabilization and the role of LPF in complex sacral fractures when only 1 transiliac-transsacral (TI-TS) screw is feasible.
Materials And Methods: Fifteen L4 to pelvis fresh-frozen cadaveric specimens were tested intact in flexion-extension (FE) and axial rotation (AR) in a bilateral stance gliding hip model.
Study Design: A comparative study of facet joint violation (FJV) using two percutaneous surgical techniques.
Objective: To compare the rate of iatrogenic FJV and medial pedicle wall breach between two methods of percutaneous pedicle screw instrumentation in the thoracic and lumbar spine.
Summary Of Background Data: Variable iatrogenic damage to the facet joints has been reported to occur with percutaneous pedicle screw techniques, compared with the open approach, which has been associated with adjacent segment disease.
Background Context: Compromise of pedicle screw purchase is a concern in maintaining rigid spinal fixation, especially with osteoporosis. Little consistency exists among various tapping techniques. Pedicle screws are often prepared with taps of a smaller diameter, which can further exacerbate inconsistency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Heterotopic ossification (HO) occurs most commonly after trauma and surgery about the hip and may compromise subsequent function. Currently available animal models describing the cellular progression of HO are based on exogenous osteogenic induction agents and may not reflect the processes following trauma.
Questions/purposes: We therefore sought to characterize the histologic progression of heterotopic bone formation in an animal model that recapitulates the human condition without the addition of exogenous osteogenic material.
Objective: To create an animal survival model for heterotopic ossification (HO) in the residual limb of the rat after extremity blast amputation. The hypothesis was that extremity blast amputation spontaneously stimulates development of HO in the residual limb.
Methods: Twelve Sprague-Dawley rats underwent localized exposure to a controlled, high-energy blast.