Barriers to overlapping complex and general spine surgery at a tertiary academic hospital

CONCLUSIONS: The data in this study indicate that estimates for pre- and postsurgical times alone are not sufficient to allow for overlapping surgery. The average cut-time duration of ACDF was 84 minutes; the average presurgical time for deformity was 68 minutes. This highlights the critical analysis for further examination of optimal scheduling, on-time first start, turnover periods, and the orchestration of all members of the providing team to optimize the cutting time for safe and consistent implementation of overlapping spine surgery.PMID:38669714 | DOI:10.3171/2024.2.SPINE23771
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Source Type: research