Polytomous Rasch Analyses of Surgeons’ Decision-Making on Choice of Procedure in Endoscopic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Decompression Surgeries

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski; Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli; Mauricio G. Pereira; Ivo Abraham; Heber Humberto Alfaro Pachicano; John C. Elfar; Abduljabbar Alhammoud; Stefan Landgraeber; Joachim Oertel; Stefan Hellinger; Álvaro Dowling; Paulo Sérgio Teixeira De Carvalho; Max R.F Ramos; Helton Defino; João Paulo Bergamaschi; Nicola Montemurro; Christopher Yeung; Marcelo Brito; Douglas P. Beall; Gerd Ivanic; Zhang Xifeng; Zhen-Zhou Li; Jin-Sung L. Kim; Jorge F. Ramirez; Morgan P. Lorio

doi:10.14444/8595

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8595

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14444/8595

PubMed

38677779

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International Journal of Spine Surgery

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2211-4599

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Published online April 27, 2024.

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Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, MD1,2,3,4,5 ⇑ Interamerican Society For Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SICCMI),
Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli, MD6,
Mauricio G. Pereira, MD, PʜD7,
Ivo Abraham, PʜD, RN8,
Heber Humberto Alfaro Pachicano, MD9 Mexican Spine Society (AMCICO),
John C. Elfar, MD10,
Abduljabbar Alhammoud, MD10,
Stefan Landgraeber, MD11,
Joachim Oertel, MD12 International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS),
Stefan Hellinger, MD13,
Álvaro Dowling, MD14,
Paulo Sérgio Teixeira De Carvalho, MD, PʜD15,
Max R.F Ramos, MD, PʜD16,
Helton Defino, MD, PʜD14,
João Paulo Bergamaschi, MD17,
Nicola Montemurro, MD, PʜD18,
Christopher Yeung, MD19 Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS),
Marcelo Brito, MD20,
Douglas P. Beall, MD21,
Gerd Ivanic, MD22,
Zhang Xifeng, MD23,
Zhen-Zhou Li, MD24,
Jin-Sung L. Kim, MD, PʜD25,26 Korean Minimally Invasive Spine Society (KOMISS),
Jorge F. Ramirez, MD27 and
Morgan P. Lorio, MD, FACS28 International Society for the Advacement of Spine Surgery

¹Division Personalized Pain Research and Education, Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
²Department of Orthopaedics, Full Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
³Dr. honoris causa Department of Orthopedics at Hospital Universitário Gaffree Guinle, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
⁴National Academy of Medicine of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
⁵National Academy of Medicine of Colombia, Bogota, D.C., Colombia
⁶Department of General and Specialized Surgery, Gaffrée e Guinle Universitary Hospital, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
⁷Faculty of Medecine, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
⁸Family and Community Medicine, Clinical Translational Sciences at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
⁹Star Médica, Veracruz, México
¹⁰Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Campus, Tucson, AZ, USA
¹¹Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik für Orthopädie, Kirrberger Straße, Homburg, Germany
¹²Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes Neurosschirurgie Klinikdirektor, Kirrberger Straße, Homburg, Germany
¹³Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Arabellaklinik, Munich, Germany
¹⁴Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
¹⁵Pain and Spine Minimally Invasive Surgery Service at Gaffree Guinle University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
¹⁶Federal University of the Rio de Janeiro State UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
¹⁷Atualli Spine Care - Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
¹⁸Department of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
¹⁹Desert Institute for Spine Care, Phoenix, AZ, USA
²⁰Clínica Articulare, Belem, Brazil
²¹Comprehensive Specialty Care, Clinical Radiology of Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, USA
²²Die Orthopaeden, Graz, Austria
²³Department of Orthopedics, First Medical Center, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
²⁴Department of Orthopedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
²⁵Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
²⁶College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
²⁷Minimally Invasive Spine Center, Bogotá, Colombia
²⁸International Society for the Advancement οf Spine Surgery, Altamonte Springs, FL, USA

Correspondence to Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, 4787 E Camp Lowell Dr, Tucson, AZ 85712, USA; business{at}tucsonspine.com

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