Framework for Adoption of Enabling Technologies for Improved Outcomes in Spine Surgery.

Study Design: Narrative Review.

Objectives: We aim to investigate the integration and impact of enabling technologies, such as augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality, navigation, robotics, and artificial intelligence within the domain of spinal surgery.

Methods: We made a literature review for articles that examined the progression of adoption from initial to subsequent adopters.

Understanding Decision Making as It Influences Treatment in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Without Neurological Deficit: Conceptual Framework and Methodology.

Study Design: This paper presents a description of a conceptual framework and methodology that is applicable to the manuscripts that comprise this focus issue.

Objectives: Our goal is to present a conceptual framework which is relied upon to better understand the processes through which surgeons make therapeutic decisions around how to treat thoracolumbar burst fractures (TL) fractures.

Methods: We will describe the methodology used in the AO Spine TL A3/4 Study prospective observational study and how the radiographs collected for this study were utilized to study the relationships between various variables that factor into surgeon decision making.

An Assessment of the World's Contribution to Spine Trauma Care: A Bibliometric Analysis of Classifications and Surgical Management; An AO Spine Knowledge Forum Trauma Initiative.

Study Design: Bibliometric analysis.

Objectives: An analysis of the literature related to the assessment and management of spinal trauma was undertaken to allow the identification of top contributors, collaborations and research trends.

Methods: A search to identify original articles published in English between 2011 and 2020 was done using specific keywords in the Web of Science database.

Perception of frailty in spinal metastatic disease: international survey of the AO Spine community.

Objective: Frailty has not been clearly defined in the context of spinal metastatic disease (SMD). Given this, the objective of this study was to better understand how members of the international AO Spine community conceptualize, define, and assess frailty in SMD.

Methods: The AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor conducted an international cross-sectional survey of the AO Spine community.