Background Optimal surgical management for flexion-distraction cervical spine injuries
remains controversial with current guidelines recommending anterior, posterior, and …

Objective: Cervical spine clinical adjacent segment pathology (CASP) has a reported 3%
annual incidence and 26% ten-year prevalence. Its pathophysiology remains controversial, …

Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To elucidate how performance indicators are
currently used in spine surgery. Summary of Background Data. The Patient Protection and …

DISCUSSION Pituitary abscess is a very rare entity. Described in several surgical series of
pituitary disorders, the reported frequency is between 0.2-1% 1 with the three largest series …

BackgroundThe expansion of age-related degenerative spine pathologies has led to
increased referrals to spine surgeons. However, the majority of patients referred for surgical …

Background context The Calgary Spine Severity Score (CSSS) is a published triage score
reported in the Spine Journal in 2010. It separates spine referrals into four time categories of …

Background Fundoscopy is an important component of the neurological examination as it
can detect pathologies such as high intracranial pressure. However, the examination can be …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Surgeons base their decision-making on many variables
including the undefinable clinical acumen. PURPOSE: Trying to define which preoperative …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The concept of value in health care is gaining significant
traction in the medical literature. Its main corollary is performance translated clinically in …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The Spine CPR score (Clinical Pathological Radiological) is the
third iteration of the Calgary Spine Severity score (CSSS). This triage score is 12 years in …