Background There remains a paucity of literature on the impact of overlap on neurosurgical
patient outcomes. The purpose of the present study was to correlate increasing duration of …

Introduction The relationship between degree of surgical overlap and adverse postoperative
outcomes remains poorly defined. This study aims to evaluate the impact of increasing …

BACKGROUND Few studies have assessed the impact of overlapping surgery during
different timepoints of neurosurgical procedures. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of …

OBJECTIVE This study assesses how degree of overlap, either before or after the critical
operative portion, affects lumbar fusion outcomes. METHODS The authors retrospectively …

Study Design: Retrospective cohort. Objective: The present study analyzes the impact of end-
overlap on short-term outcomes after single-level, posterior lumbar fusions. Summary of …

OBJECTIVE There is a paucity of research on the safety of overlapping surgery. The
purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of overlapping surgery on a homogenous …

Objective This study evaluated overlapping surgery on long-term outcomes following
elective, single-level lumbar fusion on exact matched patients undergoing surgery with or …

Background Overlapping surgery recently has gained significant media attention, but there
are limited data on its safety and efficacy. To date, there has been no analysis of overlapping …

Background: Overlapping surgery is a long-standing practice that has not been well studied.
The aim of this study was to assess whether overlapping surgery is associated with …

OBJECTIVE Overlapping surgery—the performance of parts of 2 or more surgical
procedures at the same time by a single lead surgeon—has recently come under intense …