Does the Information Quality of ChatGPT Meet the Requirements of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery?

Background: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, particularly through AI-based language models like ChatGPT, offers a promising avenue for enhancing patient education and healthcare delivery. This study aims to evaluate the quality of medical information provided by Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) regarding common orthopedic and trauma surgical procedures, assess its limitations, and explore its potential as a supplementary source for patient education.

Methods: Using the GPT-3.

Sonication in Patients With Spinal Cord Stimulation: A New Approach for Infection Diagnostics.

Introduction: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) offers improvement in pain and function for several chronic pain conditions. There are concerns regarding bacterial colonization of the temporary lead extensions and subsequent infection risk in a two-session implantation procedure. Although there is no standardized evaluation of SCS lead contamination, this study evaluates the infection rate and microbial colonization of SCS lead extensions with sonication, a method that is established in implant-related infection diagnostics.

First clinical results of a novel minimally-invasive fusion system for the sacroiliac joint.

Background: Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) painful dysfunction is a common source of low back pain (LBP). Several surgical treatment options for SIJ fusion were described. A promising treatment option with demonstrated clinical improvement is the minimally-invasive SIJ fusion.

[Minimally invasive arthrodesis of the sacroiliac joint (SIJ)].

Objective: Pain reduction and improvement in quality of life with sacroiliac joint (SIJ) fusion.

Indications: Chronic SIJ-associated pain; positive response to SIJ injection with local anesthetic; positive SIJ provocation tests; failed conservative therapy over 6 months.

Contraindications: Non-SIJ-associated pain; tumor/infection/unstable fracture in the implantation area; malformations; tumor or osteolysis of the sacrum or ilium bone; active infection at the implantation site; allergy to metal components; secondary gain from illness, request for a pension; inadequately treated osteoporosis.

Mid-term outcomes after radiofrequency-targeted vertebral augmentation in the treatment of myeloma associated vertebral fractures.

Background: Myeloma patients often suffer from painful vertebral fractures (VCF) which impair their quality of life. Common methods for augmentation of the vertebrae are vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and radiofrequency-targeted vertebral augmentation (RF-TVA).

Objective: This study evaluates the long-term effectiveness and safety of RF-TVA in the treatment of myeloma associated VCF.