AANS Beyond 2021: Full Collection-The Spine 2021:Neurosurgery In Press

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Dr. Zohair Gogowalla participated in a virtual seminar on neurosurgery and presented key clinical reports from SPINE 2021. He discussed two major papers: the CSMS trial and the NORDSTEN-DS trial. The CSMS trial focused on cervical myelopathy and compared ventral and dorsal spinal surgery. The preliminary data showed that laminoplasty had superior outcomes, fewer complications, and less health resource utilization compared to fusion surgeries. The NORDSTEN-DS trial compared decompression alone versus decompression and fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the two approaches. Re-operation rates were slightly higher for decompression alone. Dr. Gogowalla emphasized the need for further studies and consideration of population differences in future research.

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Dr. Zohair Gogowalla

CSMS trial

NORDSTEN-DS trial

laminoplasty

decompression and fusion