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Fusion Surgery (fusion + surgery)
Kinds of Fusion Surgery Selected AbstractsCombined Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation-Guided Thoracic Epidural Catheter Placement for Analgesia Following Anterior Spine Fusion in ScoliosisPAIN PRACTICE, Issue 3 2009Pierre Pandin MD Abstract Anterior spine fusion by thoracotomy is indicated for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. Although epidural (EP) analgesia represents the most effective way to provide adequate analgesia after thoracotomy, scoliosis patients have substantial anatomic variations that make EP catheter placement more difficult and often contraindicated. This case report describes a safe, effective technique for placing a thoracic EP catheter in a young patient undergoing anterior spine fusion surgery by thoracotomy. The procedure was guided by both ultrasound (US) and electrical stimulation of the Tuohy needle and catheter. The combination of US and nerve stimulation in this setting may be associated with easier, potentially safer, and more accurate insertion. [source] Blood loss during posterior spinal fusion surgery in patients with neuromuscular disease: is there an increased risk?PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA, Issue 9 2003Alice Edler MD, MA (EDUC) Summary Background Scoliosis surgery in paediatric patients can carry significant morbidity associated with intraoperative blood loss and the resultant transfusion therapy. Patients with neuromuscular disease may be at an increased risk for this intraoperative blood loss, but it is unclear if this is because of direct vascular pathophysiological changes or the fact that neuromuscular patients typically have more extensive orthopaedic disease and more vertebral segments involved. This study examined the risk of extensive blood loss (>50% of total blood volume) in patients with neuromuscular disease compared with patients who did not have neuromuscular disease when the extent of the surgery (number of segments fused), age and preoperative coagulation profile where taken into consideration. Methods Retrospective chart review of 163 paediatric patients was preformed. Patients who carried a diagnosis of preexisting neuromuscular disease were classified as such. Idiopathic, traumatic and iatrogenic scoliosis were classified as nonneuromuscular. Extensive blood loss was defined as >50% of estimated total blood volume. Logistic regression was used to predict the risk of extensive blood loss between the two groups when age, weight, extent of surgery was controlled for and anaesthetic and surgical techniques remained similar. Results Patients with neuromuscular disease did not vary significantly in age, weight, or preoperative haematocrit and platelet count from patients without neuromuscular disease. Neuromuscular patients did have significantly more vertebral segments fused. When this difference was controlled for statistically, neuromuscular patients had an almost seven times higher risk (adjusted odds ration 6.9, P < 0.05) of losing >50% of their estimated total blood volume during scoliosis surgery. Conclusions Patients with neuromuscular disease can present various anaesthetic challenges during scoliosis surgery, among these is the inherent risk of extensive blood loss. Recognizing this may help anaesthesiologists and surgeons more accurately prepare for and treat intraoperative blood loss during scoliosis surgery in patients with neuromuscular disease. [source] Pain management in children with and without cognitive impairment following spine fusion surgeryPEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA, Issue 4 2001Shobha Malviya MD Background:,We compared pain assessment and management practices in children with and without cognitive impairment (CI) undergoing spine fusion surgery. Methods:,The medical records of 42 children (19 with CI and 23 without) were reviewed and data related to demographics, surgery, pain assessment and management, and side-effects were recorded. Results:,Fewer children with CI were assessed for pain on postoperative days (POD) 0,4 compared to those without CI (P < 0.002). Self-report was used for 81% of pain assessments in children without CI, while a behavioural tool was used for 75% of assessments in cognitively impaired children. Children with CI received smaller total opioid doses on POD 1,3 compared to those without CI (P , 0.02). Furthermore, children without CI received patient/nurse-controlled analgesia for more postoperative days than children with CI (P=0.02). Conclusions:,Our data demonstrate a discrepancy in pain management practices in children with and without CI following spine fusion. [source] Trends of spinal fusion surgery in Australia: 1997 to 2006ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Issue 11 2009Ian Andrew Harris Abstract Background:, This study aims to explore the trend in spine fusion surgery in Australia over the past 10 years, and to explore the possible influence of health insurance status (private versus public) on the rate of surgery. Methods:, Data pertaining to the rate of lumbar spine fusion from 1997 to 2006 were collected from Inpatient Statistics Collection of NSW Health, Medicare Australia Statistics and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Data on total hip and total knee arthroplasties were collected to provide a comparator. Results:, The number of publicly performed spinal fusion procedures increased by 2% from 1997 to 2006. In comparison, privately performed spinal fusion procedures increased by 167% over the same 10-year period. In 2006, spine fusion surgery was 10.8 times more likely to be done in the private sector than in the public sector, compared with corresponding figures of 4.2 times and 3.0 times for knee replacement and hip replacement, respectively. Waiting list data showed no increase in demand for spine fusion surgery in the public sector. Conclusion:, There is a disproportionately high rate of lumbar spine fusion surgery performed in the private sector, given the rate of private insurance. The rate of increase was found to be higher than that for hip or knee arthroplasty procedures. Possible explanations for this difference include: over-servicing in the private sector, under-servicing in the public sector, differences in medical referral patterns, surgeon and patient preferences and financial incentives. [source] Electrical stimulation as an adjunct to spinal fusion: A meta-analysis of controlled clinical trialsBIOELECTROMAGNETICS, Issue 7 2002Masami Akai Abstract This study was a meta-analysis to examine whether electrical stimulation has a specific effect on spinal fusion. Little evidence exists on the efficacy of electrical stimulation for improving fusion rate of spinal fusion surgery. Using MEDLINE (1966,2000) and EMBASE (1985,1999), a search for articles was carried out using the Medical Subject Headings: (1) electric stimulation or electromagnetic fields, (2) spinal fusion, (3) controlled or clinical trial, and (4) human. Data were extracted from all the hit articles and additionally collected from appropriate journal lists. A total of five randomized controlled trials (RCT) on bones assessing healing of spinal fusion were identified and scored on methodological quality. All the identified studies reported positive findings, but the quality score of each trial showed wide flaws. Because of relatively homogenous subjects who had spine fusion and radiographic assessment from these studies, pooling of the data was able to be performed. Excluding one trial with the lowest score, the combined results of four trials, whose major endpoints were the success rate of the fusion, revealed a statistically significant effect of electrical stimulation with various techniques, but the selected trials still showed wide variation in view of stimulation modalities and treatment protocol. The pooled result of the studies in this review revealed the efficacy of electrical stimulation based on proved methodological quality. As problems on therapeutic modality and protocol remain, there is a further need for improvement in design to constitute acceptable proof and to establish treatment programs that better demonstrate electrical stimulation effects on spinal fusion. Bioelectromagnetics 23:496,504, 2002. © 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] | ||||||||||