Time trend analysis of database and registry use in the neurosurgical literature: evidence for the advance of registry science

Anthony L. Asher MD1, Sally El Sammak MD2,3, Giorgos D. Michalopoulos MD2,3, Yagiz U. Yolcu MD2,3, A. Yohan Alexander BA2,3, John J. Knightly MD4, Kevin T. Foley MD5, Christopher I. Shaffrey MD6, Robert E. Harbaugh MD7, Geoffrey A. Rose MD8, Domagoj Coric MD1, Erica F. Bisson MD, MPH9, Steven D. Glassman MD10, Praveen V. Mummaneni MD, MBA11, and Mohamad Bydon MD2,3
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  • 1 Neuroscience Institute, Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates, Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, North Carolina;
  • | 2 Mayo Clinic Neuro-Informatics Laboratory, Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;
  • | 3 Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;
  • | 4 Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists, Morristown, New Jersey;
  • | 5 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee;
  • | 6 Duke Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina;
  • | 7 Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania;
  • | 8 Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina;
  • | 9 Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah;
  • | 10 Norton Leatherman Spine Center, Louisville, Kentucky; and
  • | 11 Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California
Online Publication Date:
17 Dec 2021
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1804–1809
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Volume 136: Issue 6
DOI link:
https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.9.JNS212153
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Contributor Notes

Correspondence Mohamad Bydon: bydon.mohamad@mayo.edu.

INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online December 17, 2021; DOI: 10.3171/2021.9.JNS212153.

Disclosures Dr. Foley: consultant for Medtronic; direct stock ownership in Accelus, Companion Spine, Discgenics, DuraStat, Medtronic, NuVasive, Practical Navigation, RevBio, Spine Wave, Tissue Differentiation Intelligence, Triad Life Sciences, and True Digital Surgery; patent holder with Medtronic and NuVasive; royalties from Medtronic; and board of directors of Discgenics, DuraStat, RevBio, Tissue Differentiation Intelligence, Triad Life Sciences, and True Digital Surgery. Dr. Shaffrey: consultant for NuVasive, Medtronic, and SI Bone; direct stock ownership in NuVasive; patent holder with Medtronic, NuVasive, SI Bone, and Zimmer Biomet; and royalties from Medtronic and NuVasive. Dr. Coric: consultant for Globus Medical, Medtronic, and Spine Wave; royalties from Integrity Implants, Spine Wave, Stryker, Medtronic, RTI Surgical, and Globus Medical. Dr. Bisson: consultant for MiRus, Stryker, and Medtronic; and direct stock ownership in nView and MiRus. Dr. Glassman: employee of Norton Healthcare; consultant for Stryker and Medtronic; patent holder with Medtronic; clinical or research support for the study described from NuVasive; royalties from Medtronic; past president of the Scoliosis Research Society; and co-chair of the American Spine Registry. Dr. Mummaneni: consultant for DePuy Spine, Globus, and Stryker; royalties from DePuy Spine, Thieme Publishing, and Springer Publishing; direct stock ownership in Spinicity/ISD; support of non–study-related clinical or research effort from AO Spine and ISSG; and clinical or research support for the study described from NREF.

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