Navigated versus conventional pediatric spinal deformity surgery: Navigation independently predicts reoperation and infectious complications

Conclusions: On a national scale, navigation predicted increased odds of reoperation and infectious-related events and yielded greater median relative value units (RVUs) per case but had longer operating room (OR) time and fewer RVUs-per-minute. After controlling for operative year, RVUs-per-minute and reoperation rates were similar between groups. The NSQIP navigated surgery group was associated with significantly higher operative time and transfusion rates compared to the single-institution groups.

Source: Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine - June 13, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Austen D Katz Junho Song Sayyida Hasan Jesse M Galina Sohrab Virk Jeff Scott Silber David Essig Vishal Sarwahi Source Type: research