[HTML][HTML] Disparities in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion provision and outcomes for cervical stenosis

A Das, S Vazquez, A Stein, JD Greisman, C Ng… - North American Spine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Disparities in neurosurgical care have emerged as an area of interest when
considering the impact of social determinants on access to health care. Decompression via …

Comparison of postoperative opioid utilization in an acdf cohort: narcotic naive patients versus preoperative opioid users

MA Davison, DT Lilly, CM Eldridge, R Singh… - Clinical spine …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: A retrospective cohort study. Objective: To compare the postoperative opioid
utilization rates and costs after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) procedures …

Radiology Reports Do Not Accurately Portray the Severity of Cervical Neural Foraminal Stenosis

Y Lee, TZ Issa, AS Mazmudar, OH Tarawneh… - Clinical Spine …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective study. Objective:(1) To compare cervical magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) radiology reports to a validated grading system for cervical foraminal stenosis …

A comparison of prolonged nonoperative management strategies in cervical stenosis patients: Successes versus failures

MA Davison, DT Lilly, CM Eldridge, R Singh… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
A paucity of evidence exists regarding the optimal composition of conservative therapies to
best treat patients diagnosed with cervical stenosis prior to consideration of surgery. The …

Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Structural Allograft is Associated With Lower Postoperative Health Care Utilization and Reoperations Compared With …

AY Powers, DZ Nin, YW Chen, R Niu… - Operative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
METHODS: A cohort study of patients who underwent 1-level or 2-level ACDF in 2017 was
conducted using the MarketScan national insurance databases, which contain deidentified …

Regional variation in nonoperative therapy utilization for symptomatic lumbar stenosis and spondylolisthesis: a 2-year costs analysis

MA Davison, DT Lilly, J Moreno, J Cheng… - Global Spine …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: To characterize regional variations in
maximal nonoperative therapy (MNT) costs in patients suffering from lumbar stenosis or …

Gender differences in the 3-month utilization of nonoperative therapies prior to primary lumbar microdiscectomy

MA Davison, DT Lilly, J Moreno, C Bagley… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation classically trial a brief course of
conservative management prior to microdiscectomy surgery. Gender differences have …

Regional differences in prolonged non-operative therapy utilization prior to primary ACDF surgery

MA Davison, DT Lilly, CM Eldridge, R Singh… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a paucity of data characterizing regional variations in the utilization and costs of
conservative management in patients suffering from cervical stenosis prior to anterior …

Gender differences in use of prolonged non-operative therapies prior to index ACDF surgery

MA Davison, DT Lilly, J Moreno, C Bagley… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Prior to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery, patients suffering from
cervical stenosis traditionally trial non-operative treatments for pain management. There is a …