Innovation Fatigue in Spine Surgery: Are We Doing Too Much, Too Fast?

IF 2.1 4区医学 Q3 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

World neurosurgery Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI:10.1016/j.wneu.2025.124295

Mansour Mathkour, Ziya L Gokaslan, R John Hurlbert

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Abstract

Innovation is often seen as the hallmark of surgical progress. Yet in spine surgery, the rapid turnover of new implants, techniques, and technologies has created a quiet fatigue among surgeons, educators, and institutions. This Perspective examines the cultural and professional cost of unchecked innovation and calls for a more measured, data-driven approach that prioritizes long-term outcomes and sustainable adoption over novelty alone.

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脊柱外科的创新疲劳：我们做得太多太快了吗？

创新常常被视为外科进步的标志。然而，在脊柱外科领域，新植入物、新技术和新技术的快速更新已经在外科医生、教育工作者和机构中造成了一种安静的疲劳。本文分析了不受限制的创新所带来的文化和专业成本，并呼吁采取一种更慎重、数据驱动的方法，优先考虑长期结果和可持续采用，而不是单纯的新颖性。

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World neurosurgery CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-SURGERY

CiteScore

3.90

自引率

15.00%

发文量

1765

审稿时长

47 days

期刊介绍： World Neurosurgery has an open access mirror journal World Neurosurgery: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. The journal''s mission is to: -To provide a first-class international forum and a 2-way conduit for dialogue that is relevant to neurosurgeons and providers who care for neurosurgery patients. The categories of the exchanged information include clinical and basic science, as well as global information that provide social, political, educational, economic, cultural or societal insights and knowledge that are of significance and relevance to worldwide neurosurgery patient care. -To act as a primary intellectual catalyst for the stimulation of creativity, the creation of new knowledge, and the enhancement of quality neurosurgical care worldwide. -To provide a forum for communication that enriches the lives of all neurosurgeons and their colleagues; and, in so doing, enriches the lives of their patients. Topics to be addressed in World Neurosurgery include: EDUCATION, ECONOMICS, RESEARCH, POLITICS, HISTORY, CULTURE, CLINICAL SCIENCE, LABORATORY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES, CLINICAL IMAGES, VIDEOS