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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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Predictive Utility of Natural Language Processing Algorithms for Posterior Lumbar Fusion Patients
Aditya V. Karhade, MD, MBA, Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS, and colleagues found free-text discharge summary notes have the greatest utility in a natural language processing algorithm for predicting the risk of readmission after posterior lumbar fusion. Progress notes had the least utility.
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Estimating the Survival of Patients With Spinal Metastasis
Using an online survey, Quirina Thio, Joseph Schwab, MD, and colleagues documented poor agreement between surgeons who were asked to estimate survival for 12 patients with spinal metastasis. There was also a substantial discrepancy between the surgeons' estimates and the patients' actual survival.
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Value-based Health Care: Positioning Spine Surgery Centers for Success
Aditya V. Karhade, MD, MBA, Christopher M. Bono, MD, Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS, of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and colleagues review recent progress in each of the six core areas of value-based health care and suggest how spine surgery centers can remain competitive in the years ahead.
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NASS 2021: Controversies and Current Issues in Spinal Cord Tumors
As part of the North American Spine Society (NASS) 2021 annual conference, Joseph H. Schwab, MD, chief of the Orthopaedic Spine Center, discussed controversies and current issues in spinal cord tumors.
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
Predictive Utility of Natural Language Processing Algorithms for Posterior Lumbar Fusion Patients
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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.