HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery
Mar 31, 2023
Machine learning (ML) has emerged as a method to determine patient-specific risk for prolonged postoperative opioid use after orthopedic procedures. : We sought to analyze the efficacy and validity of ML algorithms in identifying patients who are at...
HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery
Jun 10, 2019
BACKGROUND: Patients with lower-thoracic spine pathologies that affect anterior column stability and compress the neural tissues need anterior decompression and reconstruction. Anterior approaches result in long-term morbidities. Posterior laminectom...
HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery
Aug 11, 2015
BACKGROUND: The currently accepted ranges for "normal" serum vitamin D have recently been challenged in adults on the basis that healthy bone metabolism requires higher levels of vitamin D than previously thought.