Neurosurgery in Press: Latest Results of Clinical Trials in Neurosurgery and Allied Fields-The Spine 2021 Neurosurgery in Press

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Dr. Zohair Gogowalla participated in a neurosurgery and press virtual seminar where he summarized key clinical reports from SPINE 2021. He discussed two major papers, the CSMS trial and the Nordsten DS trial. The CSMS trial compared ventral and dorsal spinal surgery for cervical myelopathy and found that laminoplasty had superior outcomes compared to fusion surgery. It also had fewer complications and less health resource utilization. The Nordsten DS trial compared decompression alone vs. decompression and fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis and found no significant difference between the two procedures. Decompression alone had a slightly higher re-operation rate. Dr. Gogowalla mentioned the need for future randomized controlled trials to validate these findings.

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Dr. Zohair Gogowalla

neurosurgery

SPINE 2021

CSMS trial

Nordsten DS trial