Abstract
Decision-making in spine surgery is complex due to patients’ heterogeneity and complexity of spinal pathologies and the various surgical options applied to a given pathology. Artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms provide an opportunity to improve patient selection, surgical planning, and outcomes. The purpose of this article is to present the experience and applications of in spine surgery at 2 large academic health care systems.
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Funding The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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Disclosures Sigurd Berven reports consulting fees for Medtronic, Globus, Innovasis, Camber, Accelus, and Kuros; royalties from Medtronic, Stryker, and Elsevier; support for attending meetings/travel from AO Spine; Participation on a data safety monitoring board or advisory board for Zimmer; and stock/stock options from Globus, Propio, GreenSun, and Novapproach. Christopher Ames reports royalties/licenses from Stryker, DePuy Synthes, Next Orthosurgical, Medicrea, Biomet Zimmer Spine, Nuvasive, and K2M; consulting fees from DePuy Synthes, Medtronic, Medicrea, K2M, Agada Medical, and Carlsmed; leadership/fiduciary roles in ISSG (Executive Committee), Operative Neurosurgery, Neurospine (Editorial Board), SRS Safety and Value Committee (Chair), and Global Spinal Analytics (Director); research interests in Titan Spine, Depuy Synthes, and ISSG; and grant funding from SRS. Thomas Mroz reports royalties/licenses from Stryker; payment for serving as faculty from AO Spine; participation on a data safety monitoring board or advisory board for Medtronic (Medtronic TLIF Study); and leadership role for the Global Spine Journal (Deputy Editor). The remaining authors have nothing to report.
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