The evolution of current research impact metrics: from bibliometrics to altmetrics?

…, AS Sebastian, SC Wagner, PB Morrissey… - Clinical spine …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
The prestige of publication has been based on traditional citation metrics, most commonly
journal impact factor. However, the Internet has radically changed the speed, flow, and …

Severe lumbar disability is associated with decreased psoas cross-sectional area in degenerative spondylolisthesis

…, JS Butler, ID Kaye, PB Morrissey… - Global Spine …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective cohort. Objectives: Alterations in lumbar paraspinal muscle
cross-sectional area (CSA) may correlate with lumbar pathology. The purpose of this study was …

Surgical management of thoracolumbar burst fractures: surgical decision-making using the AOSpine thoracolumbar injury classification score and thoracolumbar …

PB Morrissey, KA Shafi, SC Wagner, JS Butler… - Clinical spine …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The management of thoracolumbar burst fractures is controversial with no universally accepted
treatment algorithm. Several classification and scoring systems have been developed to …

Risk factors for and complications after surgical delay in elective single-level lumbar fusion

…, JS Butler, ID Kaye, AS Sebastian, PB Morrissey… - Spine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort. Objective. To assess the incidence of and risk factors
for delay of elective lumbar fusion surgery, as well as medical and surgical complications …

Intraoperative pedicle screw navigation does not significantly affect complication rates after spine surgery

SC Wagner, PB Morrissey, ID Kaye, A Sebastian… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Various forms of intraoperative computer-assisted navigation technologies exist, and have
consistently been shown to improve pedicle screw accuracy. However, the overall clinical …

Surgical strategies to prevent adjacent segment disease in the cervical spine

JS Butler, PB Morrissey, SC Wagner, ID Kaye… - Clinical spine …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
The most popular approach to treating symptomatic cervical disk disease is anterior cervical
discectomy and fusion. Although this procedure has significant long-term clinical success, it …

Risk factors for distal junctional failure in long-construct instrumentation for adult spinal deformity

…, C Kepler, A Vaccaro, ID Kaye, PB Morrissey… - European Spine …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study is to identify risk factors associated with postoperative DJF in
long constructs for ASD. Methods A retrospective review was performed at a tertiary referral …

A systematic review of risk factors associated with distal junctional failure in adult spinal deformity surgery

…, DP Ahern, SC Wagner, PB Morrissey… - Clinical spine …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: The surgical management of adult spinal deformity (ASD) is a major surgical
undertaking associated with considerable perioperative risk and a substantial complication …

Strategies for the prevention and treatment of surgical site infection in the lumbar spine

JS Butler, SC Wagner, PB Morrissey, ID Kaye… - Clinical spine …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Surgical site infection (SSI) following spine surgery can be devastating for both the patient
and the surgeon. It leads to significant morbidity and associated health care costs, from …

Understanding traditional research impact metrics

…, ID Kaye, SC Wagner, PB Morrissey… - Clinical spine …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Traditionally, the success of a researcher has been judged by the number of publications he
or she has published in peer-review, indexed, high impact journals. However, to quantify …