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Featured
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Enhancing Clinical Outcomes
Less invasive spine procedures can reduce adverse events and improve clinical outcomes, taking advantage of new imaging technologies and protocols.
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Featured
Infection Care Costs after THA Greatly Exceed Expectations
Care costs to society calculated for periprosthetic joint infections after total hip arthroplasty are over three times prior cost estimates.
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Approach from Convex Side May Improve Vessel Protection During Lateral Access Surgery for Adult Scoliosis
Lack of direct visualization can lead to devastating vascular complications during minimally invasive lateral access surgery for thoracolumbar scoliosis. Vessel overlap with disk spaces in this setting has never been quantified. Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons investigated and offer clinical pearls for protecting the vessels.
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Cervical Disc Deformation Can Change Substantially During Neck Flexion-extension
The majority of adults have cervical disc disease by age 65, but patterns of cervical disc deformation have not been well studied. Mass General researchers imaged volunteers during flexion-extension of the neck, and their findings may have implications for improving motion-preservation surgeries.
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Spinal Cord Injury Common After Traumatic Spinal Fracture in Patients with AS or DISH
Orthopedic surgeons at Mass General found spinal cord injury (SCI) to be a common and serious complication of traumatic spinal fracture in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH).
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Length of Activity Restriction After Lumbar Discectomy Does Not Affect Recovery
How soon after lumbar discectomy can patients return to full activity? Mass General surgeons were involved in the first prospective, randomized, controlled trial to examine this question.
Spine contributors
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Joseph H. Schwab, MD
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Director, Spine Oncology & Co-Director, Stephen L. Harris Chordoma Center, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Spinal Cord Injury Common After Traumatic Spinal Fracture in Patients with AS or DISH
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Kevin Andrew Raskin, MD
Acting Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology Service, Program Director, Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Program, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Analysis of Metastatic Spine Disease Questionnaires
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Saechin Kim, MD, PhD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Adult Spinal Reconstruction Orthopaedic Surgeon, Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Enhancing Clinical Outcomes
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Thomas D. Cha, MD, MBA
Assistant Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Center, Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Approach from Convex Side May Improve Vessel Protection During Lateral Access Surgery for Adult Scoliosis
Orthopaedic Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and surgeons treat the full spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions—from sprains and strains on the athletic field to limb sparing oncology procedures; from carpal tunnel syndrome to complex spinal reconstruction.Resource links
