Patent bibliometrics in spinal deformity: the first bibliometric analysis of spinal deformity's technological literature.

Purpose: Bibliometric analyses have gained popularity for studying scientific literature, but their application to evaluate technological literature (patents) remains unexplored. We conducted a bibliometric analysis on the top 100 most-cited patents in scoliosis surgery.

Methods: Multiple databases were queried using The Lens to identify the top 100 scoliosis surgery patents, which were selected based on forward patent citations.

Ten-Year Experience of Skip Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion.

Background: Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) is often required to adequately decompress the spinal cord in patients with multilevel cervical spondylosis. Unfortunately, multilevel corpectomy constructs have high rates of early failure and frequently require supplemental posterior fixation. First described in 2003, skip ACCF (sACCF) is defined by corpectomies above and below an intervening vertebral body, which serves as an additional fixation point to augment biomechanical stability.

Adverse events in neurosurgery and their relationship to quality improvement.

Adverse events are common in neurosurgery. Their reporting is inconsistent and widely variable due to nonuniform definitions, data collection mechanisms, and retrospective data collection. Historically, neurosurgery has lagged behind general and cardiac surgical fields in the creation of multi-institutional prospective databases allowing for benchmarking and accurate adverse event/outcomes measurement, the bedrock of evidence used to guide quality improvement initiatives.

Robotic approaches to the posterior spine.

Study Design: This anatomic study described robotic approaches to the posterior thoracolumbar spine in a porcine model. Ergonomics, control, and approach and technical difficulties were noted.

Objective: The objective of this study was to develop a robotic approach to the posterior thoracolumbar spine maximizing surgeon ergonomics and control.

Transpedicular decompression and pedicle subtraction osteotomy (eggshell procedure): a retrospective review of 59 patients.

Study Design: Outcomes of transpedicular decompression and/or osteotomy were analyzed retrospectively.

Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of decompression and correction, fusion stability, procedural safety, neurologic outcome, complication rates, and overall patient outcomes.

Summary Of Background Information: The "eggshell" procedure is reserved for complex reconstructive problems in the treatment of acute trauma, deformity, tumor, or infection.