Artificial Intelligence for the Treatment of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.

Journal: Neurosurgery clinics of North America
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Abstract

Multiple registries are currently collecting patient-specific data on lumbar spondylolisthesis including outcomes data. The collection of imaging diagnostics data along with comparative outcomes data following decompression versus decompression and fusion treatments for degenerative spondylolisthesis represents an enormous opportunity for modern machine-learning analytics research.

Authors

  • Zoher Ghogawala
    Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: zoher.ghogawala@lahey.org.
  • Melissa Dunbar
    Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USA.
  • Irfan Essa
    College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Ave NW, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.