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ACS Best Practice Guidelines: Spine injury.

9 Mar, 2022 | 10:00h | UTC

Spine Injury – American College of Surgeons

News Release: New guidelines will help trauma centers treat spinal injury patients

 

RCT: Full endoscopic discectomy non-inferior to open discectomy in patients with sciatica.

22 Feb, 2022 | 10:11h | UTC

Full endoscopic versus open discectomy for sciatica: randomised controlled non-inferiority trial – The BMJ

Commentary: Full-endoscopic transforaminal discectomy is “an effective alternative” to open microdiscectomy in treating sciatica – Spinal News International

 

M-A: Timing of tracheostomy in acute traumatic spinal cord injury.

3 Feb, 2022 | 08:44h | UTC

Timing of tracheostomy in acute traumatic spinal cord injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

 

Systematic Review: Non-operative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication.

2 Feb, 2022 | 08:08h | UTC

Non-operative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication: an updated systematic review – BMJ Open

 

Review: Management of acute traumatic spinal cord injury.

28 Jan, 2022 | 08:04h | UTC

Management of Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Review of the Literature – Frontiers of Surgery

 

An updated overview of low back pain management.

21 Jan, 2022 | 09:23h | UTC

An Updated Overview of Low Back Pain Management – Asian Spine Journal

 

Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials: Impact of intraoperative intravenous magnesium on spine surgery.

18 Jan, 2022 | 09:19h | UTC

Impact of intraoperative intravenous magnesium on spine surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – EClinicalMedicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Pictorial Review: Spinal disorders mimicking infection.

5 Dec, 2021 | 23:10h | UTC

Spinal disorders mimicking infection – Insights into Imaging

 

Guideline Interventions for the management of acute and chronic low back pain.

30 Nov, 2021 | 10:15h | UTC

Interventions for the Management of Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: Revision 2021 – Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Review: A Road Map of the Axial Spondyloarthritis Continuum.

24 Nov, 2021 | 08:27h | UTC

A Road Map of the Axial Spondyloarthritis Continuum – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

 

Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for cervical spine (facet) joint pain.

14 Nov, 2021 | 19:34h | UTC

Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for cervical spine (facet) joint pain from a multispecialty international working group – Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine

News release: Only certain patients with chronic neck pain need invasive procedures to treat it – BMJ

 

Management of patients with cervical spine trauma in the emergency department: a systematic critical appraisal of guidelines with a view to developing standardized strategies for clinical practice.

26 Oct, 2021 | 01:17h | UTC

Management of patients with cervical spine trauma in the emergency department: a systematic critical appraisal of guidelines with a view to developing standardized strategies for clinical practice – Internal and Emergency Medicine

 

The Dutch Multidisciplinary Occupational Health Guideline to Enhance Work Participation Among Low Back Pain and Lumbosacral Radicular Syndrome Patients.

7 Oct, 2021 | 10:18h | UTC

The Dutch Multidisciplinary Occupational Health Guideline to Enhance Work Participation Among Low Back Pain and Lumbosacral Radicular Syndrome Patients – Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

 

Systematic Review: Is exercise an effective therapy to treat long-lasting low back pain?

3 Oct, 2021 | 22:32h | UTC

Summary: Is exercise an effective therapy to treat long-lasting low back pain? – Cochrane Library

Original Study: Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain – Cochrane Library

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Systematic review: Pain management after complex spine surgery.

24 Aug, 2021 | 08:50h | UTC

Pain management after complex spine surgery – European Journal of Anaesthesiology

 

RCT: A single-session of pain management skills intervention was noninferior to 8 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy in adults with chronic low back pain.

24 Aug, 2021 | 08:39h | UTC

Comparison of a Single-Session Pain Management Skills Intervention With a Single-Session Health Education Intervention and 8 Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open

Commentaries:

Single two-hour session of pain management skills could offer as much benefit as longer-course of CBT – News Medical

New approach effectively relieves chronic low back pain – Stanford Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Guideline: Non-surgical interventions for lumbar spinal stenosis leading to neurogenic claudication.

13 Aug, 2021 | 09:03h | UTC

Non-Surgical Interventions for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Leading To Neurogenic Claudication: A Clinical Practice Guideline – Journal of Pain

 

RCT: Decompression alone is non-inferior to decompression with fusion in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis.

6 Aug, 2021 | 09:54h | UTC

Decompression with or without Fusion in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary: Decompression Noninferior for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis – HealthDay

 

Cohort study: Evidence of a potentially inappropriate and harmful prescribing cascade of gabapentinoid followed by a diuretic among older adults with lower back pain.

29 Jul, 2021 | 11:02h | UTC

Evidence of a gabapentinoid and diuretic prescribing cascade among older adults with lower back pain – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related:

Are you the victim of a prescribing cascade?

Study: Evaluation of a Common Prescribing Cascade of Calcium Channel Blockers and Diuretics in Older Adults with Hypertension

Prescribing Cascade in a Cardiology Practice

 

Sacroiliac joint dysfunction: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.

21 Jul, 2021 | 10:26h | UTC

Sacroiliac joint dysfunction: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment – European Spine Journal

 

M-A: Little benefit from muscle relaxants for adults with non-specific low back pain.

9 Jul, 2021 | 10:02h | UTC

Efficacy, acceptability, and safety of muscle relaxants for adults with non-specific low back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ

Commentary: New analysis finds muscle relaxant drugs to be largely ineffective for low back pain – News Medical

Related studies: M-A: Effectiveness of treatments for acute and subacute mechanical non-specific low back pain AND RCT: Little benefit from osteopathic manipulative treatment on activity limitations in patients with nonspecific subacute and chronic low back pain AND M-A: Little benefit from antidepressants for low back pain AND Meta-analysis: Little benefit from antidepressants for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis AND ACP/AAFP Guideline: Nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management of acute pain from non–low back, musculoskeletal injuries in adults

 

Commentaries on Twitter

 

Systematic review: Prognostic factors for pain chronicity in low back pain – “Higher pain intensity, higher body weight, carrying heavy loads at work, difficult working positions, and depression were the most frequently observed risk factors for chronic low back pain”

20 May, 2021 | 08:32h | UTC

Prognostic factors for pain chronicity in low back pain: a systematic review – Pain Reports

 

The catastrophization effects of an MRI report on the patient and surgeon and the benefits of ‘clinical reporting’: results from an RCT and blinded trials.

19 May, 2021 | 08:25h | UTC

The catastrophization effects of an MRI report on the patient and surgeon and the benefits of ‘clinical reporting’: results from an RCT and blinded trials – European Spine Journal

Related: You cannot unsee your MRI report AND Direct communication between radiologists and patients improves the quality of imaging reports – European Radiology

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Pathway for enhanced recovery after spinal surgery – a systematic review of evidence for use of individual components

5 May, 2021 | 08:26h | UTC

Pathway for enhanced recovery after spinal surgery-a systematic review of evidence for use of individual components – BMC Anesthesiology

See also:  Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and its applicability for major spine surgery – Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology AND Consensus statement for perioperative care in lumbar spinal fusion: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations – The Spine Journal AND Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Opinion | Manual in‐line stabilization during tracheal intubation: effective protection or harmful dogma?

5 May, 2021 | 08:18h | UTC

Manual in‐line stabilisation during tracheal intubation: effective protection or harmful dogma? – Anaesthesia

 

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