METHODS: The 149-question Self-Assessment Neurosurgery Examination Indications
Examination was used to query LLM accuracy. Questions were inputted in a single best answer, …

OBJECTIVE Endoscopic discectomy (ED) has been advocated as a less-invasive
alternative to open microdiscectomy (OM) and tubular microdiscectomy (TM) for lumbar disc …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Interest surrounding generative large language models
(LLMs) has rapidly grown. Although ChatGPT (GPT-3.5), a general LLM, has shown near-…

Chordoma is a low-grade notochordal tumor of the skull base, mobile spine and sacrum
which behaves malignantly and confers a poor prognosis despite indolent growth patterns. …

… Author links open overlay panel Terence Verla 1 , Jared S. Fridley 1 , Abdul Basit Khan 2
, Rory R. Mayer 1 , Ibrahim Omeis 1 3 … Manzano, BA Green, S. Vanni, AD Levi …

Background: Graphene has unique electrical, physical, and chemical properties that may
have great potential as a bioscaffold for neuronal regeneration after spinal cord injury. These …

Post-operative CSF leaks are a known complication of spine surgery in general, and patients
undergoing surgical intervention for spinal tumors may be particularly predisposed due to …

Objective Three-dimensional (3D) printing has emerged as a visualization tool for clinicians
and patients. We sought to use patient-specific 3D-printed anatomic modeling for …

Importance Use of lumbar fusion has increased substantially over the last 2 decades. For
patients with lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, 2 landmark prospective …

Background A significant portion of health care spending is driven by a small percentage of
the overall population. Understanding risk factors predisposing patients to disproportionate …