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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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Innovative Therapy for Low Back Pain Takes the Fight Directly to the Source
An emerging technique, radiofrequency ablation of the basivertebral nerve, offers new hope to patients who experience a specific type of chronic low back pain.
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MRI Is Inadequate to Assess Cervical Sagittal Alignment Parameters
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital observed that supine MRI did not accurately reflect cervical sagittal alignment in the upright position in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. They recommend using radiographs in conjunction with MRI when planning posterior decompression surgery.
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Interhospital Transfer Delays Care for Patients With Spinal Cord Injury
Theresa Williamson, MD, and colleagues found that of 295 patients with spinal cord injury who arrived at a level 1 trauma center via interhospital transfer and required surgery, 62% were not operated on within 24 hours post-injury—the time window established as key to best outcomes.
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Neighborhood Vulnerability Index Identifies Spine Clinic Patients With Limited Health Literacy
Amanda Lans, MD, MS, Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS, and colleagues found that the Area Deprivation Index, which reflects 17 sociodemographic categories and can be derived from an individual patient's address, identified spine clinic patients at higher risk of having limited health literacy.
Spine Contributors
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Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Director, Spine Oncology & Co-Director, Stephen L. Harris Chordoma Center, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Neighborhood Vulnerability Index Identifies Spine Clinic Patients With Limited Health Literacy
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Kevin Andrew Raskin, MD
Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology Service, Program Director, Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Nutritional, Physiological Factors Affect Wound Infection After Surgery for Lower-Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
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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
Director, MGH/BWH Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Fellowship Program, Assistant Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Upper and Lower Cervical Spine Regions Move Differently During Head Rotation
Orthopaedic Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and surgeons treat the full spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions throughout the body, from sprains and strains on the athletic field to carpal tunnel syndrome. Our team offers innovative, research-based treatments that range from limb-saving oncological procedures to complex spinal reconstruction.