Peri-operative ischemic optic neuropathy in spinal fusion surgery: Validating a predictive scoring system.
The objective of this study was to externally validate the model using subjects in a longitudinal medical claims database, which has the advantage of longer term follow-up to more accurately identify pre-existing diagnoses and ION.
Source: The Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Heather E. Moss, Lan Xiao, Shikhar H. Shah, Yi-Fan Chen, Charlotte Joslin, Steven Roth Source Type: research