Telemedicine improves access to care for spine patients with low socioeconomic status

IB Ye, AE Thomson, N Chowdhury… - Global Spine …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Objectives The objective of this study is to compare
the likelihood of missing a scheduled telemedicine and in-person appointments for spine …

Robotic-guidance allows for accurate S2AI screw placement without complications

CR Good, LD Orosz, AE Thomson, TC Schuler… - Journal of Robotic …, 2022 - Springer
The study design is retrospective, multi-surgeon, single-center review. The objective is to
evaluate complication rates, revision rates, and accuracy grading for robotic-guided S2 alar-…

Similar accuracy of surgical plans after initial in-person and telemedicine evaluation of spine patients

BY Ivan, AE Thomson, J Donahue, B Oster, VS Miseo… - World neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this study was to compare accuracy of surgical plans generated from in-person
and telemedicine evaluations and assess the reasons for surgical plan changes …

FLOSEAL Versus SURGIFLO in Lumbar Surgery: Similar Outcomes, Different Costs in a Matched Cohort Analysis

BY Ivan, AE Thomson, RA Smith, TJ Pease… - World Neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Flowable gelatin-based matrices with thrombin for hemostatic control are commercially
available as Floseal (Baxter International Inc.) and Surgiflo (Ethicon Inc.). The objective …

Adoption of enhanced surgical recovery (ESR) protocol for lumbar fusion decreases in-hospital postoperative opioid consumption

E Jazini, AE Thomson, AD Sabet… - Global Spine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective observational cohort. Objectives: We sought to evaluate the
impact of ESR on in-hospital and 90-day postoperative opioid consumption, length of stay, …

Intraoperative sensory signals predict prognosis for patients with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury

JR Renehan, BY Ivan, AE Thomson, TJ Pease… - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective In patients with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (tCSCI), the potential role of
intraoperative neuromonitoring as a prognostic tool has been insufficiently studied. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Opioid use after elective spine surgery: Do spine surgery patients consume less than prescribed today?

LD Orosz, AE Thomson, T Yamout, FR Bhatt… - North American Spine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The opioid epidemic in the US has led prescribers to reevaluate postoperative
pain control particularly in the field of spine surgery, where postoperative analgesia …

Retrospective analysis of causes and risk factors of 30-day readmission after spine surgery for thoracolumbar trauma

JE Camacho, JE Kung, AE Thomson… - Global Spine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design Retrospective Case Series. Objective This study aims to evaluate readmission
rates, risk factors, and reason for unplanned 30-day readmissions after thoracolumbar …

Anterior longitudinal ligament release from a posterior approach: an alternative to three-column osteotomy

…, E Hayman, S Jones, P Johnsen, AE Thomson… - European Spine …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Expansion of the anterior column and compression of the posterior column restores
lordosis and sagittal imbalance. Anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL) release has been …

Dural tear does not increase the rate of venous thromboembolic disease in patients undergoing elective lumbar decompression with instrumented fusion

…, I Ye, AE Thomson, A Pu, D Cavanaugh, E Koh… - World Neurosurgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Evaluate if dural tears (DTs) are an indirect risk factor for venous thromboembolic
disease through increased recumbency in patients undergoing elective lumbar …