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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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Web Calculator Predicts Discharge Destination After Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Surgery
Orthopedic surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a machine learning algorithm, now available as a web-based calculator, that preoperatively predicts the discharge of a patient to a rehabilitation or nursing facility after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis.
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Treating Patients with Vascular Formations
In this video, Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgeon James Rabinov, MD, discusses how brain imaging can lead to high treatment and cure rates with low rates of complications in patients with vascular malformations around their brain and spine.
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Web-based App Predicts Need for Non-Home Discharge After Spondylolisthesis Surgery
In a proof-of-principle study, orthopedic surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital developed a web-based calculator that identifies which patients undergoing spondylolisthesis surgery will need to have non-home discharge.
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Trends in Spinal Deformity Surgery and Reducing Narcotic Consumption During Surgery
Stuart Hershman, MD, orthopaedic spine surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, describes several important trends in spinal deformity corrections and how to reduce narcotic consumption after surgery.
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
Web Calculator Predicts Discharge Destination After Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Surgery
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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
AAOS 2019: A Media Roundup
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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
Efforts to Standardize Spinal Stenosis Treatment Should Target Certain Patient Groups
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
