A Comparison of ChatGPT and Expert Consensus Statements on Surgical Site Infection Prevention in High-Risk Paediatric Spine Surgery.

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) represents and exciting shift for orthopaedic surgery, where its role is rapidly evolving. ChatGPT is an AI language model which is preeminent among those leading the mass consumer uptake of AI. Artamonov and colleagues compared ChatGPT with orthopaedic surgeons when considering the diagnosis and management of anterior shoulder instability; they found a limited correlation between them.

Risk factors for distal construct failure in posterior spinal instrumented fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: To evaluate risk factors for distal construct failure (DCF) in posterior spinal instrumented fusion (PSIF) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). We hypothesise increased inferior angulation of the pedicle screw in the lowest instrumented vertebra (LIV) predisposes to failure and aim to find the critical angle that predisposes to failure.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed on all patients who underwent PSIF for AIS at our institution from 2010 to 2020.