The anterior approach to the cervical spine is commonly utilized for a variety of
degenerative, traumatic, neoplastic, and infectious indications. While many potential …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Posterior cervical fusion (PCF) with decompression is a
treatment option for patients with conditions such as spondylosis, spinal stenosis, and …

Propensity score matching (PSM) is a commonly used statistical method in orthopedic
surgery research that accomplishes the removal of confounding bias from observational …

Electronic health record (EHR) datasets are statistically powerful but are subject to
ascertainment bias and missingness. Using the Mass General Brigham multi-institutional …

Abstract Background Context As health-care transitions to value-based models, there has
been an increased focus on patient factors that can influence peri-and postoperative …

Study Design. Retrospective study of prospectively collected data. Objective. To investigate
the applicability of the modified frailty index (mFI) as a predictor of adverse postoperative …

Background: Surgeons often choose between 2 different approaches (anterior and
posterior) for surgical treatment of degenerative cervical myelopathy on the basis of imaging …

Surgery is the only effective treatment option for advanced degenerative cervical
myelopathy. Decompression may be achieved via either an anterior or posterior approach …

Background The rate of cervical spinal fusion has been increasing significantly. However,
there is a paucity of literature describing trends based on surgical approach using complete …

Random Forest (RF) is a widely used machine learning algorithm that can be utilized for
identification of patient characteristics important for outcome prediction. Posterior cervical …