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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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New Tools Assess Risk of Motor Deficit, Short-term Mortality in Patients with Spinal Epidural Abscess
Orthopedic surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed tools to help clinicians predict pretreatment motor deficit and 90-day mortality in individual patients with a spinal epidural abscess.
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Pioneering Machine Learning Tools to Inform Decision Making in Spine Surgeries
To mitigate inborn human biases in decision-making, Joseph Schwab, MD, and colleagues are at the forefront of pioneering the use of machine learning algorithms to help patients understand the risks and outcomes of their surgeries.
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B7-H3 Identified as Potential Target for Treatment of Giant Cell Lesions of Bone
In an award-winning study, researchers at Mass General show for the first time that giant cell lesions may escape immune surveillance because of the inhibitory effect of immune modulating protein B7-H3.
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Personalized Risk and Outcome Assessment Benefits through Machine Learning
Joseph Schwab, MD, discusses how the Mass General Spine Center is utilizing machine learning algorithms to help patients understand their risks and outcomes for surgical procedures with a personalized approach.
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
New Tools Assess Risk of Motor Deficit, Short-term Mortality in Patients with Spinal Epidural Abscess
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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
Adding Fusion to Decompression for Synovial Facet Cysts Does Not Influence Symptom Recurrence
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
