Study Design. Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Objective. To compare the
reported incidence of adjacent segment disease (ASD) requiring surgical intervention between …

Background: Antifibrinolytics can reduce intraoperative blood loss. The primary aim of this
study was to determine the efficacy of intraoperative tranexamic acid, epsilon-aminocaproic …

Background: Patient and surgical factors are known to influence operative blood loss in spinal
fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), but have only been loosely identified. To …

Study Design. Retrospective case series. Objective. This study aimed to validate the Sanders
Skeletal Maturity Staging System and to assess its correlation to curve progression in …

Study Design. This is a prospective, randomized, double-blinded comparison of tranexamic
acid (TXA), epsilon aminocaproic acid (EACA), and placebo used intraoperatively in patients …

Study Design. Prospective analysis. Objective. The purpose of this study was to:(1) evaluate
the influence of variable demographic factors on the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)-22 …

Purpose Lenke et al.[16] designed their classification system around several parameters
that they thought were essential for AIS. They wanted the system to improve on the poor/fair …

BACKGROUND Previous studies have evaluated cervical kyphosis (C-kypho) using cervical
curvature or chin-brow vertical angle, but the relationship between C-kypho and global …

Background Multilevel spinal fusion surgery has typically been associated with significant
blood loss. To limit both the need for transfusions and co-morbidities associated with blood …

Study Design Prognostic study and validation using prospective clinical trial data. Objective
To derive and validate a model predicting curve progression to ≥45 before skeletal maturity …