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ReviewSpine deformity2021

State-of-the-art reviews predictive modeling in adult spinal deformity: applications of advanced analytics.

Rushikesh S Joshi, Darryl Lau, Justin K Scheer, Miquel Serra-Burriel, Alba Vila-Casademunt, Shay Bess, Justin S Smith, Ferran Pellise, Christopher P Ames

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Review in Spine deformity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Spinopelvic measurements of sagittal balance with deep learning: systematic review and critical evaluation.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022
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  15. Development of a machine-learning based model for predicting multidimensional outcome after surgery for degenerative disorders of the spine.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Rushikesh S JoshiDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, A850, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Darryl LauDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, A850, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Justin K ScheerDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, A850, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Miquel Serra-BurrielCenter for Research in Health and Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Alba Vila-CasademuntVall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.
Shay BessDenver International Spine Center, Presbyterian St. Luke's/Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, Denver, CO, USA.
Justin S SmithDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Ferran PelliseSpine Surgery Unit, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Christopher P AmesDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, A850, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. amesc@neurosurg.ucsf.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult spinal deformity (ASD) is a complex and heterogeneous disease that can severely impact patients' lives. While it is clear that surgical correction can achieve significant improvement of spinopelvic parameters and quality of life measures in adults with spinal deformity, there remains a high risk of complication associated with surgical approaches to adult deformity. Over the past decade, utilization of surgical correction for ASD has increased dramatically as deformity correction techniques have become more refined and widely adopted. Along with this increase in surgical utilization, there has been a massive undertaking by spine surgeons to develop more robust models to predict postoperative outcomes in an effort to mitigate the relatively high complication rates. A large part of this revolution within spine surgery has been the gradual adoption of predictive analytics harnessing artificial intelligence through the use of machine learning algorithms. The development of predictive models to accurately prognosticate patient outcomes following ASD surgery represents a dramatic improvement over prior statistical models which are better suited for finding associations between variables than for their predictive utility. Machine learning models, which offer the ability to make more accurate and reproducible predictions, provide surgeons with a wide array of practical applications from augmenting clinical decision making to more wide-spread public health implications. The inclusion of these advanced computational techniques in spine practices will be paramount for improving the care of patients, by empowering both patients and surgeons to more specifically tailor clinical decisions to address individual health profiles and needs.

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Artificial IntelligenceQuality of LifeAdultAlgorithmsHumansMachine LearningSpineArtificial intelligenceMachine learningPredictive modelSpinal deformityTechnology

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PMID34003461
PMCPMC8363545

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