Catalogue and Evolution of Minimally Invasive Approaches for Adult Intracranial Pathology From 2011 to 2023.

Background And Objectives: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) presents an attractive alternative to conventional open cranial approaches because it limits tissue exposure, promotes wound healing, and enhances patient satisfaction. This study aimed to describe our experience with selection and use of prospectively catalogued MIS cranial approaches to treat a variety of pathologies, highlighting clinical outcomes and trends over time.

Methods: We used a prospectively maintained database of patients undergoing cranial surgery by the senior author at our institution between 2011 and 2023.

Autogenous bone graft collection by acetabular reamers at the ilium yielded comparable volume with less blood loss and lower costs compared to the Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator 2 system at the femur.

Objective: To compare autogenous bone graft volume, blood loss, transfusion rate, complications, and costs by collection using acetabular reamers at the ilium (ARI) to Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator (RIA2) at the femur.

Materials And Methods: Adults who underwent long bone or sacral nonunion repair with autogenous bone graft collection by either unilateral ARI or RIA2 from femur from November 2020 to May 2023 at two academic trauma referral centers were retrospectively identified. Outcomes included graft volume, estimated blood less (EBL), perioperative change in hematocrit (ΔHct) and hemoglobin (ΔHgb), red blood cells (pRBC) units transfused intra- or postoperatively, infection, iatrogenic fracture, pathologic fracture, venous thromboembolism, and equipment costs per procedure.

Intraoperative Venous Injury During Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Complications.

Study DesignRetrospective cohort study.ObjectivesTo evaluate the incidence, risk factors, and complications associated with intraoperative venous injury during anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF).MethodsThis retrospective review included patients who underwent one- to four-level ALIF at an academic spine center.

Subchondral rafting wires reduce tibial plateau fracture subsidence.

Purpose: To determine if subchondral rafting wires retained as adjunctive tibial plateau fracture fixation affect postoperative articular subsidence.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted at one Level 1 trauma center and one academic university hospital. Consecutive adults with closed, displaced OTA/AO 41B/C tibial plateau fractures treated between 2018 and 2023 with open reduction internal fixation were included.