Publications by authors named "Valentina Canessa"
Study Design: Retrospective study.
Objective: To study the clinical outcomes of patients suffering from pyogenic spinal infections (PSI), by comparing the outcomes of patients with an identified microbiological agent with those of patients without an identified pathogen.
Summary Of Background Data: PSI is associated with significant risks for morbidity and mortality.
Background: Metastatic vertebral instability has not yet been clearly defined in the literature; there still exists a paucity of reliable criteria to assess the risk of vertebral collapse.
Purpose: We performed an independent interobserver and intraobserver agreement evaluation of the Spine Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) and correlated the score with selected clinical cases and the treatment they received.
Study Design: Independent reliability study for the newly created SINS.
Background Context: The Surgical Apgar Score (SAS), a simple metric based on intraoperative heart rate, blood pressure, and blood loss, was developed in general and vascular surgery to predict 30-day major postoperative complications and mortality. No validation of SAS has been performed in spine surgery.
Purpose: To perform a prospective assessment of SAS in spine surgery.
Purpose: The Surgical Apgar Score (SAS) is a simple tally based on intra-operative heart rate, blood pressure and blood loss; it predicts 30-day major postoperative complications and mortality in different surgical fields, but no validation has been performed in general orthopaedic surgery.
Methods: A prospective assessment of the SAS in 723 consecutive patients undergoing major and intermediate orthopaedic procedures was performed in an 18-month period. The SAS was calculated immediately after surgery, and the occurrence of major complications or death was registered within a 30-day follow-up.