The "July Effect" scrutinized: A coarsened-exact match analysis of lumbar fusion outcomes during resident transition

Authors: Karsalia, Ritesh ^a, Borja, Austin J. ^a, Xu, Emily ^a, Gallagher, Ryan S. ^a, Na, Jianbo ^{a, b}, McClintock, Scott D. ^c, Marcotte, Paul J. ^a, Ozturk, Ali K. ^a, Schuster, James M. ^a, Yoon, Jon J.W. ^a, Malhotra, Neil R. ^{a, b, ⁎}

Source: In Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery February 2025 249

The effect of chronic kidney disease on short-term single-level lumbar fusion outcomes

Authors: Karsalia, Ritesh ^a, Xu, Emily ^a, Hejazi-Garcia, Claudia ^a, Na, Jianbo ^b, McClintock, Scott D. ^c, Yoon, Jang W. ^a, Ozturk, Ali K. ^a, Schuster, James M. ^a, Marcotte, Paul J. ^a, Malhotra, Neil R. ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery September 2024 244

Management and outcomes of cerebrovascular injuries after gunshot wounds to the cervical spine

Authors: Wathen, Connor, Santangelo, Gabrielle, Muhammad, Najib, Ellens, Nathaniel, Catanzaro, Sandra, Singh, Aman, Dagli, Mert Marcel, Petrov, Dmitry, Ozturk, Ali K., Bender, Matthew, Stone, Jonathan J., Schuster, James

Source: In Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery August 2024 243

Large Language Model-Based Neurosurgical Evaluation Matrix: A Novel Scoring Criteria to Assess the Efficacy of ChatGPT as an Educational Tool for Neurosurgery Board Preparation

Authors: Mannam, Sneha Sai, Subtirelu, Robert, Chauhan, Daksh, Ahmad, Hasan S., Matache, Irina Mihaela, Bryan, Kevin, Chitta, Siddharth V.K., Bathula, Shreya C., Turlip, Ryan, Wathen, Connor, Ghenbot, Yohannes, Ajmera, Sonia, Blue, Rachel, Chen, H. Isaac, Ali, Zarina S., Malhotra, Neil, Srinivasan, Visish, Ozturk, Ali K., Yoon, Jang W.

Source: In World Neurosurgery December 2023 180:e765-e773

Relationship Between Comorbidity Burden and Short-Term Outcomes Across 4680 Consecutive Spinal Fusions

Authors: Wathen, Connor A., Gallagher, Ryan S., Borja, Austin J., Malhotra, Emelia G., Collier, Tara, Na, Jianbo, McClintock, Scott D., Yoon, Jang W., Ozturk, Ali K., Schuster, James M., Welch, William C., Marcotte, Paul J., Malhotra, Neil R.

Source: In World Neurosurgery December 2023 180:e84-e90

Should patients with lumbar stenosis and grade I spondylolisthesis be treated differently based on spinopelvic alignment? A retrospective, two-year, propensity matched, comparison of patient-reported outcome measures and clinical outcomes from multiple sites within a single health system

Authors: Mohanty, Sarthak, Barchick, Stephen, Kadiyala, Manasa, Lad, Meeki, Rouhi, Armaun D, Vadali, Chetan, Albayar, Ahmed, Ozturk, Ali K, Khalsa, Amrit, Saifi, Comron, Casper, David S.

Source: In The Spine Journal January 2023 23(1):92-104

The Social Deprivation Index and lumbar spine surgery outcomes.

Authors: Hejazi-Garcia, Claudia, Howard, Susanna D., Quinones, Addison, Malhotra, Neil R., Yoon, Jang W., Ozturk, Ali K., Schuster, James M., Petrov, Dmitriy, Hsu, Jesse Y., Ali, Zarina S.

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine; May2025, Vol. 42 Issue 5, p579-588, 10p

Intravenous tranexamic acid and reduction in blood loss and perioperative transfusion requirements in adult spinal deformity: a multicenter propensity-scored observational study.

Authors: Dagli, Mert Marcel, Wathen, Connor A., Golubovsky, Joshua L., Ghenbot, Yohannes, Arena, John D., Heintz, Jonathan, Macaluso, Dominick, Santangelo, Gabrielle, Ali, Zarina S., Malhotra, Neil, Yoon, Jang W., Welch, William C., Arlet, Vincent, Ozturk, Ali K.

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine; Apr2025, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p481-489, 9p

Smartphone accelerometers as tools to study the effect of socioeconomic disparities in neurosurgical outcomes: a multi-institutional retrospective analysis.

Authors: Chauhan, Daksh, Ahmad, Hasan S., Park, Kristen, Ghenbot, Yohannes, Subtirelu, Robert, Turlip, Ryan W., Bryan, Kevin, Wang, Patrick T., Bashti, Malek, Petrov, Dmitriy, Ali, Zarina S., Ozturk, Ali K., Malhotra, Neil, Basil, Gregory, Yoon, Jang W.

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine; Apr2025, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p490-499, 10p

Opioid prescribing guidelines for spine surgery patients: a multisite analysis of guideline implementation and monitoring with an automated text messaging platform.

Authors: Tudor, Thilan, Agarwal, Anish K., Delgado, M. Kit, Lee, Daniel J., Nguyen, Jessica T., Ruiying Xiong, Ozturk, Ali K., Yoon, Jang W., Welch, William C., Ali, Zarina S.

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine; Mar2025, Vol. 42 Issue 3, p366-373, 8p

Preoperative anemia is associated with increased length of stay in adult spinal deformity surgery: evaluation of a large single-center patient cohort and future suggestions for patient optimization.

Authors: Dagli, Mert Marcel, Wathen, Connor A., Golubovsky, Joshua L., Ghenbot, Yohannes, Arena, John D., Santangelo, Gabrielle, Heintz, Jonathan, Ali, Zarina S., Welch, William C., Yoon, Jang W., Arlet, Vincent, Ozturk, Ali K.

Source: Spine Deformity; Mar2025, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p625-637, 13p

Attitudes and trends in the use of radiolucent spinal implants: A survey of the North American Spine Society section of spinal oncology

Authors: Zavras, Athan G., Schoenfeld, Andrew J., Patt, Joshua C., Munim, Mohammed A., Goodwin, C. Rory, Goodwin, Matthew L., Lo, Sheng-Fu Larry, Redmond, Kristin J., Tobert, Daniel G., Shin, John H., Ferrone, Marco L., Laufer, Ilya, Saifi, Comron, Buchowski, Jacob M., Jennings, Jack W., Ozturk, Ali K., Huang-Wright, Christina, Mesfin, Addisu, Steyn, Chris, Hsu, Wesley, Soliman, Hesham M., Krishnaney, Ajit A., Sciubba, Daniel M., Schwab, Joseph H., Colman, Matthew W.

Source: In North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) June 2022 10

Upper instrumented vertebra pedicle screw loosening following adult spinal deformity surgery: incidence and outcome analysis.

Authors: Arena, John D., Ghenbot, Yohannes, Wathen, Connor A., Santangelo, Gabrielle, Dagli, Mert Marcel, Golubovsky, Joshua L., Gu, Ben J., Macaluso, Dominick, Malhotra, Neil R., Ali, Zarina S., Yoon, Jang W., Welch, William C., Arlet, Vincent, Ozturk, Ali K.

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine; Feb2025, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p176-184, 9p

Efficacy of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathway in Elderly Patients Undergoing Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Authors: Ifrach, Joseph, Basu, Rohan, Joshi, Disha S., Flanders, Tracy M., Ozturk, Ali K., Malhotra, Neil R., Pessoa, Rachel, Kallan, Michael J., Maloney, Eileen, Welch, William C., Ali, Zarina S. ^*

Source: In Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery October 2020 197

Determinants of Chiari I progression in pregnancy

Authors: Janjua, M. Burhan, Haynie, Alexus E., Bansal, Vibhav, Bhattacharia, Soumolindra, Grant, Tamila, McQuillan, Daniel, Passias, Peter G., Ozturk, Ali K., Hwang, Steven W.

Source: In Journal of Clinical Neuroscience July 2020 77:1-7

Inchoate guidelines of endoscopic resection of colloid cysts

Authors: Burhan Janjua, M., Reddy, Sumanth, El Ahmadieh, Tarek Y., Ban, Vin Shen, Hwang, Steven W., Ozturk, Ali K., Price, Angela V., Weprin, Bradley E., Batjer, Hunt

Source: In Journal of Clinical Neuroscience January 2020 71:1-8

Risk of Vertebral Artery Injury and Stroke Following Blunt and Penetrating Cervical Spine Trauma: A Retrospective Review of 729 Patients

Authors: AlBayar, Ahmed, Sullivan, Patricia Zadnik, Blue, Rachel, Leonard, Jennifer, Kung, David K., Ozturk, Ali K., Chen, H. Isaac, Schuster, James M.

Source: In World Neurosurgery October 2019 130:e672-e679

Predictors of 90-Day Readmission in Children Undergoing Spinal Cord Tumor Surgery: A Nationwide Readmissions Database Analysis

Authors: Janjua, M. Burhan, Reddy, Sumanth, Samdani, Amer F., Welch, William C., Ozturk, Ali K., Price, Angela V., Weprin, Bradley E., Swift, Dale M.

Source: In World Neurosurgery July 2019 127:e697-e706

Liver disease is an independent predictor of poor 30-day outcomes following surgery for degenerative disease of the cervical spine

Authors: Goel, Nicholas J., Agarwal, Prateek, Mallela, Arka N., Abdullah, Kalil G., Ali, Zarina S., Ozturk, Ali K., Malhotra, Neil R., Schuster, James M., Chen, H. Isaac

Source: In The Spine Journal March 2019 19(3):448-460

Development and validation of a novel AI framework using NLP with LLM integration for relevant clinical data extraction through automated chart review.

Authors: Dagli, Mert Marcel, Ghenbot, Yohannes, Ahmad, Hasan S., Chauhan, Daksh, Turlip, Ryan, Wang, Patrick, Welch, William C., Ozturk, Ali K., Yoon, Jang W

Source: Scientific Reports; 11/5/2024, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-7, 7p

Subject Terms: LANGUAGE models, ELECTRONIC health records, ARTIFICIAL intelligence, DATA extraction, HUMAN error