Patient, clinical, surgical, and institutional factors associated with length of stay in scheduled degenerative thoracolumbar spine surgery: National Multicenter Cohort Analysis from the CSORN

Charlotte Dandurand MD, MSc, Mohammad S. Mashayekhi PhD, Greg McIntosh MSc, John T. Street MD, Charles G. Fisher MD, MHSc, Joel Finkelstein MD, Edward Abraham MD, Jérôme Paquet MD, Hamilton Hall MD, Eugene Wai MD, Daryl R. Fourney MD, Christopher S. Bailey MD, Sean D. Christie MD, Alex Soroceanu MD, Michael Johnson MD, Adrienne Kelly MD, Travis E. Marion MD, Andrew Nataraj MD, Carlo Santaguida MD, Daniel Warren MD, Thomas Guy Hogan MD, Neil Manson MD, Philippe Phan MD, PhD, Henry Ahn MD, Y. Raja Rampersaud MD, Jocelyn Blanchard MD, Kenneth Thomas MD, Nicolas Dea MD, MSc, and Raphaële Charest-Morin MD.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2022.

Beneficial effects of preoperative exercise on clinical outcomes of thoracolumbar spinal surgery. Physiotherapy Canada 2023.

Lawrence DC, Montazeri A, Wai EK, Roffey DM, Phan KM, Phan P, Stratton A, Kingwell S, McIntosh G, Soroceanu A, Abraham E, Bailey CS, Christie S, Paquet J, Glennie RA, Nataraj A, Hall H, Fisher CG, Rampersaud YR, Thomas K, Manson N, Johnson MG, Zarrabian M.
Physiotherapy Canada 2023.

Timing of recovery after surgery for patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An observational study from the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network.

Evaniew N, Coyle M, Rampersaud YR, Bailey CS, Jacobs WB, Cadotte D, Thomas KC, Attabib N, Paquet J, Nataraj A, Christie SD, Weber MH, Phan P, Charest-Morin R, Fisher CG, Hall H, McIntosh G, Dea N.
Neurosurgery 2023; 92:271-82.

Prediction of 2-year clinical outcome trajectories in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for spondylotic radiculopathy.

Hebert JJ, Adams T, Cunningham, E, El-Maughayyer D, Manson N, Abraham E, Wedderkopp N, Bigney E, Richardson E, Vandewint A, Small C, Kolyvas G, le Roux A, Robichaud A, Weber MH, Fisher CG, Dea N, du Plessis S, Charest-Morin R, Christie SD, Bailey CS, Rampersaud YR, Johnson MG, Paquet J, Nataraj A, LaRue B, Hall H, Attabib N.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2023; 38(1): 56-65.

Global Spine Journal

Effects of Workload on Return to Work After Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery.

Singh S, McIntosh G, Dea N, Hall H, Paquet J, Abraham E, Bailey CS, Weber MH, Johnson MG, Nataraj A, Glennie RA, Attabib N, Kelly A, Rampersaud YR, Manson N, Phan P, Rachevitz M, Thomas K, Fisher CG, Charest-Morin R.
Global Spine Journal 2022.

Practice Variation Between Salaried and Fee-for-Service Surgeons for Lumbar Surgery.

Banaszek D, McIntosh G, Charest-Morin R, Abraham E, Manson N, Johnson MG, Bailey CS, Rampersaud YR, Glennie RA, Paquet J, Nataraj A, Weber MH, Christie S, Attabib N, Soroceanu A, Kelly A, Hall H, Thomas K, Fisher CG, Dea N
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 2022.

Predictors of home discharge after scheduled surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy.

Elkaim LM, McIntosh G, Dea N, Navarro-Ramirez R, Jacobs WB, Cadotte DW, Singh S, Christie SD, Robichaud A, Phan P, Paquet J, Nataraj A, Hall H, Bailey CS, Rampersaud YR, Thomas K, Manson N, Fisher CG, Weber MH.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2022; 37(4): 541-46.

Does extending a posterior cervical fusion construct into the upper thoracic spine impact patient-reported outcomes up to 2 years after the surgery in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy?

Charest-Morin R, Bailey CS, McIntosh G, Rampersaud YR, Jacobs WB, Cadotte DW, Paquet J, Hall H, Weber MH, Johnson MG, Nataraj A, Attabib N, Manson N, Phan P, Christie SD, Thomas KC, Fisher CG, Dea N.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2022; 37(4): 547-55.

Outcome of spine surgery in patients with depressed mental states: A Canadian spine outcomes and research network study.

Cushnie D, Soroceanu A, Stratton A, Dea N, Finkelstein J, Bailey CS, Weber MH, Paquet J, Glennie RA, Hall H, Rampersaud YR, Ahn H, Kelly A, Christie S, Nataraj A, Johnson MG, Abraham E, Attabib N, Fisher CG, Manson N, Thomas KC.
The Spine Journal 2022; 22(10): 1700-07.

Surgical outcomes of Patients That Fail to Reach Minimal Clinically Important Differences: Comparison of Minimally Invasive vs Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.

Ayling OA, Rampersaud YR, Dandurand C, Yuan PH, Ailon T, Dea N, McIntosh G, Christie SD, Abraham E, Bailey CS, Johnson MG, Bouchard J, Weber MH, Paquet J, Finkelstein J, Stratton A, Hall H, Manson N, Thomas K, Fisher CG.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2022; 37(3): 376-83.

Spine 2018

Preoperative patient reported outcomes are not associated with sagittal and spinopelvic alignment in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis.

Karim M, Fisher CG, Glennie RA, Rampersaud YR, Street J, Dvorak M, Paquette S, Kwon B, Charest-Morin R, Ailon T, Manson N, Abraham E, Thomas KC, Urquhart J, Bailey CS.
Spine 2022; 47(16):1128-36.

Postoperative Recovery Patterns Following Discectomy Surgery for Lumbar Radiculopathy.

Wang S, Hebert J, Abraham E, Vandewint A, Bigney E, Richardson E, El-Mughayyar D, Attabib N, Wedderkopp N, Kingwell S, Soroceanu A, Weber MH, Hall H, Finkelstein J, Bailey CS, Thomas K, Nataraj A, Paquet J, Johnson MG, Fisher CG, Rampersaud YR, Dea N, Small C, Manson N.
Scientific Reports 2022; 12(1):11146.

Fulfillment of patient expectations following spine surgery is critical to patient satisfaction: A cohort study of spine surgery patients

Rampersaud YR, Canizares M, Perruccio AV, Abraham E, Bailey CS, Christie SD, Evaniew N, Finkelstein JA, Glennie RA, Johnson MG, Nataraj A, Paquet J, Phan P, Weber MH, Thomas K, Manson N, Hall H, Fisher CG.
Neurosurgery 2022; 91(1): 173-181.

Spine 2018

Cervical Sagittal Alignment in patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: An Observational Study from the CSORN

Evaniew N, Charest-Morin R, Jacobs WB, Johnson MG, Bailey CS, Christie S, Paquet J, Nataraj A, Cadotte D, Wilson J, Craig M, Manson NA, Hall H, Thomas KC, Rampersaud YR, McIntosh G, Fisher CG, Dea N.
Spine 2022; 47(5): E177-86.

Global Spine Journal

Minimally Invasive Tubular Lumbar Discectomy Versus Conventional Open Lumbar Discectomy: An Observational Study From the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network.

Evaniew N, Bogle A, Soroceanu A, Jacobs WB, Cho R, Fisher CG, Rampersaud YR, Weber MH, Finkelstein JA, Attabib N, Kelly A, Stratton A, Bailey CS, Paquet J, Johnson MG, Manson NA, Hall H, McIntosh G, Thomas KC.
Global Spine Journal 2021.

Global Spine Journal

Minimally Invasive vs Open Thoracolumbar Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Patients with Diabetes

Hathi K, Bigney E, Richardson E, Alugo T, El-Mughayyar D, Vandewint A, Manson N, Abraham E, Small C, Thomas K, Fisher C, Rampersaud R, Hall H, McIntosh G, Johnson M, Bailey C, Weber M, Paquet J, Kingwell S, Nataraj A, Finkelstein J, Kelly A, Attabib N.
Global Spine Journal 2021, DOI: 10.1177/21925682211042576

Global Spine Journal

Patient Reported Outcomes Following Surgery for Lumbar Disc Herniation: Comparison of a Universal and Multitier Health Care System.

Ayling O, Ailon T, Craig M, Dea N, McIntosh G, Abraham E, Jacobs WB, Johnson MG, Paquet J, Yee A, Hall H, Bailey CS, Manson N, Rampersaud YR, Thomas KC, Fisher CG
Global Spine Journal 2021

Differentiation of pain related functional limitations in surgical patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS) using the ODI: a Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN) study.

Charalampidis A, Canizares M, Kalsi PS, Hung Wu P, Johnson M, Soroceanu A, Nataraj A, Glennie RA, Rasoulinejad P, Attabib N, Hall H, Fisher CG, Thomas K, YR Rampersaud.
The Spine Journal 2021; 22(4): 578-86.

Effectiveness of Surgical Decompression in Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Results of the Canadian Prospective Multicenter Study

Karim SM, Cadotte DW, Wilson JR, Kwon BK, Jacobs WB, Johnson MG, Paquet J, Bailey CS, Christie S, Nataraj A, Attabib N, Phan P, McIntosh G, Hall H, Rampersaud YR, Manson N, Thomas K, Fisher CG, Dea N.
Neurosurgery 2021; 89(5): 844–51.

Variation in surgical treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis in Canada: Surgeon assessment of stability and impact ln treatment

Glennie RA, Bailey CS, Abraham E, Manson N, Paquet J, Soroceanu A, Thomas K, McIntosh G, Hall H, Fisher CG, Rampersaud YR.
European Spine Journal 2021; 30(12): 3709-19.

Factors associated with using an interbody fusion in low grade lumbar degenerative versus isthmic spondylolisthesis: a retrospective cohort study

Inculet C, Urquhart JC, Rasoulinejad P, Hall H, Fisher C, Attabib N, Thomas K, Ahn H, Johnson M, Glennie A, Nataraj A, Christie SD, Stratton A, Yee A, Manson N, Paquet J, Rampersaud YR, Bailey CS.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2021; 35(3): 299-307.

Mental health improvements after elective spine surgery

Cushnie D, Fisher CG, Hall H, Johnson MG, Christie S, Bailey CS, Phan P, Abraham E Glennie RA, Jacobs WB, Paquet J, Thomas K.
The Spine Journal 2021; 21(8): 1332-39.

National AE profile for lumbar degenerative disease and complication rates between hospitals.

Ayling OAS, Charest-Morin R, Eagles ME, Ailon T, Street J, Dea N, McIntosh G, Christie S, Abraham E, Jacobs WB, Bailey CS, Johnson MG, Attabib N, Jarzem P, Weber M, Paquet J, Finkelstein JA, Stratton A, Hall H, Manson N, Rampersaud YR, Thomas K, Fisher CG.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2021; 35(6): 698-703

Time to return to work after elective lumbar spine surgery

Singh S, Ailon A, McIntosh G, Dea N, Paquet J, Abraham E, Bailey CS, Weber M, Johnson MG, Nataraj A, Glennie RA, Attabib N, Kelly A, Hall H, Rampersaud YR, Manson N, Phan P, Thomas K, Fisher CG, Charest-Morin R.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2021

Low back pain after lumbar discectomy for disc herniation: what can you tell your patient?

Iorio-Morin C, Fisher CG, Abraham E, Nataraj A, Attabib N, Paquet J, Hogan TG, Bailey CS, Ahn H, Johnson MG, Richardson E, McIntosh G, Manson N, Thomas K, Rampersaud YR, Hall H, Dea N.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2021

The impact of pathoanatomical diagnosis on patients' expectations undergoing elective spine surgery: a Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network study

Glennie RA, Canizares M, Perruccio A, Abraham E, Nicholls F, Nataraj A, Phan P, Attabib N, Johnson MG, Richardson E, McIntosh G, Ahn H, Fisher CG, Manson N, Thomas K, Rampersaud YR.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2021

Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis: factors associated with the decision to fuse

Schneider N, Fisher C, Glennie A, Urquhart J, Street J, Dvorak M, Paquette S, Charest-Morin R, Ailon T, Manson N, Thomas K, Rasoulinejad P, Rampersaud R, Bailey C.
Spine Journal 2021

Global Spine Journal

Back dominant pain has equal outcomes to radicular dominant pain following posterior lumbar fusion in adult isthmic spondylolisthesis. A CSORN study

Alnaghmoosh A, Urquhart J, Raj R, Abraham E, Jacobs WB, Phan P, Johnson MG, Paquet P, Nataraj A, McIntosh G, Fisher CG, Rampersaud YR, Manson N, Hall H, Rasoulinejad P, Bailey CS.
Global Spine Journal 2021

Global Spine Journal

Lumbar fusion surgery for patients with back pain and degenerative disc disease: An observational study from the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network

Evaniew N, Swamy G, Jacobs WB, Bouchard J, Cho R, Manson NA, Rampersaud YR, Paquet J, Bailey CS, Johnson M, Attabib N, Fisher CG, McIntosh G, Thomas KC.
Global Spine Journal 2021

Spine Journal

Back Pain in Surgically Treated Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: What can we tell our patients?

Bond M, Evaniew N, Bailey C, Glennie A, Paquet J, Dea N, Hall H, Manson N, Thomas K, McIntosh G, Soroceanu A, Abraham E, Johnson M, Kingwell S, Charest-Morin R, Christie S, Rampersaud YR, Fisher C.
Spine Journal 2020; 20 (12): 1940-1947.

Global Spine Journal

Factors Associated With Return to Work After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Cohort Analysis From the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network.

Romagna A, Wilson JR, Jacobs WB, Johnson MG, Bailey CS, Christie S, Paquet J, Nataraj A, Cadotte DW, Manson N, Hall H, Thomas KC, Schwartz C, Rampersaud YR, McIntosh G, Fisher CG, Dea N.N.
Global Spine Journal 2020.

Neurosurgery 2021

The effect of peri-operative adverse events on long-term patient reported outcomes after lumbar spine surgery.

Ayling OGS, Ailon T, Street J, Dea N, McIntosh G, Abraham E, Jacobs WB, Johnson MG, Paquet J, Rasoulinejad P, Phan P, Yee A, Christie S, Nataraj A, Glennie RA, Hall H, Manson N, Rampersaud YR, Thomas K, Fisher C.
Journal of Neurosurgery 2020.

Spine 2018

Preoperative Factors Predict Postoperative Trajectories of Pain and Disability Following Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

Hebert JJ, Abraham E, Wedderkopp N, Bigney E, Richardson E, Darling M, Hall H, Fisher CG, Rampersaud YR, Thomas KC, Jacobs WB, Johnson M, Paquet J, Attabib N, Jarzem P, Wai EK, Rasoulinejad P, Ahn H, Nataraj A, Stratton A, Manson N.
Spine 2020; 45(21): E1421-E1430.

Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Between Posterior Instrumented Fusion With and Without Interbody Fusion for Isthmic Spondylolisthesis.

Chan V, Nataraj A, Bailey C, Abraham E, Soroceanu A, Johnson M, Paquet J, Christie S, Stratton A, Hall H, Manson N, Rampersaud YR, Thomas K, Fisher C.
Clinical Spine Surgery : A Spine Publication. 2020 May 15.

Journal of Neurosurgery

Clinical Predictors of achieving the Minimal Clinically Important Difference after surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: An external validation study from the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network.

Evaniew N, Cadotte DW, Bailey CS Cadotte DW; Dea N; Bailey CS; Christie SD; Fisher CG; Paquet J; Soroceanu A; Thomas KC; Rampersaud YR; Manson NA; Johnson M; Nataraj A; Hall H; McIntosh G; Jacobs WB.
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2020; 33(2): 129-137.

Global Spine Journal

A comparison of patient and surgeon expectations of spine surgical outcomes.

Aoude A, Litowski M, Aldebeyan S, Fisher C, Hall H, Manson N, Bailey CS, Ahn H, Abraham E, Nataraj A, Paquet J, Stratton A, Christie S, Cadotte D, Nicholls F, Soroceanu A, Rampersaud YR, Thomas K.
Global Spine Journal 2021; 11(3): 331-337

Spine Journal

Patients' expectations of spine surgery for degenerative conditions: Results from the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN).

Canizares M, Glennie A, Perruccio A, Abraham E, Ahn H, Attabib N, Christie S, Johnson MG, Nataraj A, Nicolls F, Paquet J, Phan P, Rasoulinejad P, Manson N, Hall H, Thomas K, Fisher CG, Rampersaud YR.
Spine Journal 2020; 20(3):399-408.

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Opioid use trends in patients undergoing elective thoracic and lumbar spine surgery.

Stratton A, Wai E, Kingwell S, Phan P, Roffey D, El Koussy M, Christie S, Jarzem P, Rasoulinejad P, Casha S, Paquet J, Johnson M, Abraham E, Hall H, McIntosh G, Thomas K, Rampersaud R, Manson N, Fisher C.
Canadian Journal of Surgery 2020; 63(3):E306-E312.

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Development and Implementation of a National Canadian Spine Surgery Registry.

McIntosh G, Craig M, Fisher C.
Journal of Current Clinical Care 2020; 10(2): 21-31.

Spine 2018

Treatment of Mild Cervical Myelopathy: Factors Associated with Decision for Surgical Intervention.

Bond M, McIntosh G, Fisher C, Jacobs B, Johnson M, Bailey CS, Christie S, Charest-Morin R, Paquet J, Nataraj A, Cadotte D, Wilson J, Manson N, Hall H, Thomas K, Rampersaud YR, Dea N.
Spine 2019; 44(22):1606-1612.

Spine Journal

Effect of preoperative symptom duration on outcome in lumbar spinal stenosis: a Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network registry study.

Cushnie D, Thomas K, Jacobs WB, Cho RKH, Soroceanu A, Ahn H, Attabib N, Bailey CS, Fisher CG, Glennie RA, Hall H, Jarzem P, Johnson MG, Manson NA, Nataraj A, Paquet J, Rampersaud YR, Phan P, Casha S.
Spine Journal 2019; 19(9):1470-1477.

Neurosurgery

Development and validation of a clinical prediction score for poor postoperative pain control following elective spine surgery.

Yang MMH, Riva-Cambrin J, Cunningham J, Jetté N, Sajobi TT, Soroceanu A, Lewkonia P, Jacobs WB, Casha S.
Neurosurgery 2019; 66 (Issue Supplement_1) nyz310_351

Global Spine Journal

Predictive Factors for Discharge Destination Following Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion: A CSORN study.

Morcos MW, Jiang F, McIntosh G, Ahn H, Dea N, Abraham E, Paquet J, Nataraj A, Johnson M, Manson N, Fisher CG, Rampersaud YR, Thomas K, Hall H, Weber M.
Global Spine Journal 2019; 9 (4): 403-408.

Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

Clinical Outcomes Research in Spine Surgery: What are appropriate follow-up times?

Ayling O, Ailon T, McIntosh G, Soroceanu A, Hall H, Nataraj A, Bailey CS, Christie S, Stratton A, Ahn H, Johnson M, Paquet J, Thomas K, Manson N, Rampersaud YR, Fisher CG.
Journal of Neurosurgery Spine 2019; 30(3):397-404.

Spine Journal

Patient Reported Outcomes Following Surgery for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Comparison of a Universal and Multi-Tier Health Care System.

Ailon T, Soroceanu A, Hall H, Nataraj A, Bailey CS, Christie S, Ahn H, Johnson M, Paquet J, Jarzem P, Wai E, Yee A, Thomas K, Manson N, Rampersaud YR, Fisher CG.
Spine Journal 2019; 19(1):24-33.

Spine Journal

Effect of spinal decompression on back pain in lumbar spinal stenosis: a Canadian Spine Outcomes Research Network (CSORN) study.

Srinivas S, Paquet J, Bailey CS, Nataraj A, Stratton A, Johnson MG, Salo P, Christie S, Fisher CG, Hall H, Manson N, Rampersaud YR, Thomas KC, McIntosh G, Dea N.
Spine Journal 2019; 19(6):1001-1008.

Spine Journal

Decompression alone vs. decompression plus fusion for claudication secondary to lumbar spinal stenosis.

Thomas K, Faris P, McIntosh G, Manners S, Abraham E, Bailey CS, Paquet J, Cadotte D, Jacobs WB, Rampersaud YR, Manson NA, Hall H, Fisher CG.
Spine Journal 2019; 19(10):1633-1639.

Patients undergoing surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis experience unique courses of pain and disability: a group-based trajectory analysis.

Hebert J, Abraham E, Wedderkopp N, Bigney E, Richardson E, Darling M, Hall H, Fisher CG, Rampersaud YR, Thomas KC, Jacobs WB, Johnson MG, Paquet J, Attabib N, Jarzem P, Wai, E, Rasoulinejad P, Ahn H, Nataraj A, Stratton A, Manson N.
PLoS ONE [Electronic Resource]. 14(11):e0224200, 2019.

Consultation and Surgical Wait Times in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.

Sharifi B, McIntosh G, Fisher C, Jacobs WB, Johnson M, Bailey CS, Christie S, Charest-Morin R, Paquet J, Nataraj A, Cadotte D, Manson N, Hall H, Thomas KC, Rampersaud YR, Dea N.
Canadian Journal of Neurological Science 2019; 46(4):430-435.

Spine Journal

Improving post-operative patient reported benefits and satisfaction following spinal fusion with a single pre-operative education session.

Eastwood D, Manson N, Bigney E, Darling M, Richardson E, Paixao R, Underwood T, Ellis K, Abraham E.
Spine Journal 2018; S1529-9430.

Spine 2018

Predictors of Blood Transfusion in Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion: A Canadian Spine Outcome and Research Network Study.

Morcos MW, Jiang F, McIntosh G, Johnson M, Christie S, Wai E, Ouellet J, Bailey C, Ahn H, Paquet J, Manson N, Fisher C, Rampersaud YR, Thomas K, Hall H, Weber MH.
Spine 2018; 43(1): E35-9.

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Biopsychosocial factors predict quality of life in thoracolumbar spine surgery.

Tripp DA, Abraham E, Lambert M, Wagg K, Bigney E, Daly E, Verreault P, Manson N.
Quality of Life Research Journal 2017; 26(11): 3099-3110.