Outcomes and complications of diabetes mellitus on patients undergoing degenerative lumbar spine surgery

JZ Guzman, JC Iatridis, B Skovrlj, HS Cutler, AC Hecht… - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective. To assess the effect glycemic control has on perioperative morbidity and mortality
in patients undergoing elective degenerative lumbar spine surgery. Summary of …

The impact of diabetes mellitus on patients undergoing degenerative cervical spine surgery

JZ Guzman, B Skovrlj, J Shin, AC Hecht, SA Qureshi… - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective administrative database analysis. Objective. To determine the
impact of glycemic control on perioperative complications and outcomes in patients …

Patient-reported outcome instruments in spine surgery

JZ Guzman, HS Cutler, J Connolly, B Skovrlj, TE Mroz… - Spine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A critical review of the current literature. Objective. The purpose of this study
was to determine frequency, trends, and methods of utilization of spine-related PROIs over …

Osteoporosis in cervical spine surgery

JZ Guzman, ZM Feldman, S McAnany, AC Hecht… - Spine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective administrative database analysis. Objective. To investigate the
effect of osteoporosis (OS) on complications and outcomes in patients undergoing cervical …

Nonoperative management of discogenic back pain: a systematic review

Y Lu, JZ Guzman, D Purmessur, JC Iatridis, AC Hecht… - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective. A systematic evaluation of the literature was performed to investigate current
nonoperative management of the treatment of discogenic low back pain. Summary of …

Cellular bone matrices: viable stem cell-containing bone graft substitutes

B Skovrlj, JZ Guzman, M Al Maaieh, SK Cho, JC Iatridis… - The spine journal, 2014 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Branko Skovrlj MD a , Javier Z. Guzman BS b , Motasem
Al Maaieh MD b , Samuel K. Cho MD b , James C. … Cui, Z. Ming Xiao, G. Balian, CJ Wang …

Epidemiology of Achilles tendon injuries in collegiate level athletes in the United States

…, S Sarker, R Hasija, HH Huang, JZ Guzman… - International …, 2020 - Springer
Background Achilles injuries are devastating injuries, especially for competitive athletes. No
studies have examined the outcomes of Achilles injuries in NCAA athletes. Therefore, a …

Bone morphogenetic protein use in spine surgery in the United States: how have we responded to the warnings?

JZ Guzman, RK Merrill, JS Kim, SC Overley… - The Spine Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Context Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) has been
widely adopted as a fusion adjunct in spine surgery since its approval in 2002. A number …

Early complications and outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgery: an NSQIP study based on 5803 patients

…, S Somani, DM Leven, JZ Guzman… - Global spine …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective analysis. Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine
the incidence, impact, and risk factors for short-term postoperative complications following …

Safety and effectiveness of talus subchondroplasty and bone marrow aspirate concentrate for the treatment of osteochondral defects of the talus

JJ Chan, JZ Guzman, L Vargas, CL Myerson… - …, 2018 - journals.healio.com
Eleven patients with symptomatic talus osteochondral defects who underwent subchondroplasty
with bone marrow aspirate concentrate injection were retrospectively reviewed. Foot …