Mitchell K. Ng

Subsequent Knee Arthroplasty Does Not Influence Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Lumbar Fusion

Study Design Retrospective Cohort Study. Objectives The impact of knee arthritis and early total knee arthroplasty (TKA) on lumbar fusion recovery remains underexplored. This study aimed to identify demographic differences between lumbar fusion patients that had subsequent TKA an...

National Utilization of Navigation and Robotics in Inpatient Spinal Fusion Remains Low but is Increasing, 2016–2022

Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Objectives Adoption patterns in spinal fusion remain poorly defined at the national level. This study aimed to evaluate national adoption trends of navigation and robotics in spine fusion from 2016 to 2022. Methods The National Inpatient S...

A Surgical Algorithm for Upper Cervical Trauma Based on the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification System

Study Design. Global cross-sectional survey Objective. To establish a surgical algorithm for upper cervical spine injuries using the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification (UCIC) system, defining operative thresholds using a novel proposed Upper Cervical AO-Spine Injury Sc...