Robot-assisted cervical screw placement for atlantoaxial fixation.

Robotic navigation has primarily been used for instrumentation in the thoracic and lumbar spine. The cervical spine, on the other hand, is a less common site for robot-assisted screw placement. Furthermore, the anatomical complexity and presence of adjacent vascular structures in this region necessitates high placement accuracy.

Functional nerve root tumors have worse resection rates: Outcome predictors for gross total resection in non-syndromic spinal schwannomas.

Introduction: Spinal schwannomas are common benign tumors arising from Schwann cells that can result in significant neurological deficits. The standard treatment for these tumors is complete surgical resection. This study aims to investigate the differences in the surgical variables and clinical outcomes based on the anatomical location of the tumors.

The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on the Severity of Symptoms at Presentation and Discharge Disposition in Patients Undergoing Surgical Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy.

Background And Objectives: Social determinants of health (SDOH), such as education, insurance, race, and income, significantly affect a patient's medical care and surgical outcomes. Additional studies characterizing the impact of SDOH on patients undergoing spine surgery are needed. Accordingly, this study evaluates the impact of SDOH on severity of symptoms at presentation and discharge disposition in patients undergoing surgical treatment of cervical myelopathy.

Assessing and validating machine learning-enhanced imputation of admission American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale grades for spinal cord injury.

Objective: The American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) assigned at patient admission is an important predictor of outcomes following spinal cord injury (SCI). However, nearly 80% of records in the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) database-a multicenter prospective database of patients with SCI-lack admission AIS grades. Accurate imputation of this missing data could enable more robust analyses and insights into SCI recovery.

Napsin A as a key prognostic biomarker in spinal metastases of lung cancer: implications for survival and neurological function.

Objective: Lung cancer's propensity for metastasizing to the spine significantly impacts morbidity and mortality. Understanding the impact of somatic mutations on the prognosis of these metastases is crucial for treatment development and optimization.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on a neurosurgical cohort of 76 patients with lung cancer with spinal metastasis (LCSM) at a single comprehensive cancer center from 2013 to 2023.