Comparison of Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, and Nonsurgical Management of Vertebral Compression Fractures and Impact on US Healthcare Resource Utilization.

Study Design: Retrospective propensity score-matched cohort analysis of the Thomson Reuters MarketScan database.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of vertebral compression fracture (VCF) treatment options, with an emphasis on reoperation, complications, costand overall healthcare resource use between 2005 and 2009 in the United States.

Overview Of Literature: Options for the treatment of VCFs include conservative management, kyphoplasty, and vertebroplasty.

Perioperative cardiac complications and 30-day mortality in patients undergoing intracranial aneurysmal surgery with adenosine-induced flow arrest: a retrospective comparative study.

Background: Adenosine-induced flow arrest is a technique used to assist in the surgical clipping of complex aneurysms.

Objective: To assess the safety associated with adenosine-assisted intracranial aneurysm surgery.

Methods: Medical records of all patients presenting between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2012, for intracranial aneurysm surgery were analyzed.