2023
Association Between Intravenous to Oral Opioid Transition Time and Length of Hospital Stay After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Hengartner A, Havlik J, David W, Reeves B, Freedman I, Sarkozy M, Maloy G, Fernandez T, Craft S, Koo A, Tuason D, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. Association Between Intravenous to Oral Opioid Transition Time and Length of Hospital Stay After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. The International Journal Of Spine Surgery 2023, 17: 468-476. PMID: 37076256, PMCID: PMC10312154, DOI: 10.14444/8448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosterior spinal fusionAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisExtended LOSSpinal fusionIdiopathic scoliosisMultivariate analysisMultilevel posterior spinal fusionLength of hospitalPostoperative complication rateMajor academic institutionOral opioidsHospital LOSStudy patientsDischarge dispositionHospital lengthPostoperative complicationsPostoperative courseComplication rateIntraoperative variablesLonger LOSPatient demographicsReadmission ratesMedical recordsUnivariate analysisOdds ratio
2020
Geographic Variation in Outcomes and Costs After Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Koo AB, Elsamadicy AA, Kundishora AJ, David WB, Lee M, Hong CS, Lee V, Kahle KT, DiLuna M. Geographic Variation in Outcomes and Costs After Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. World Neurosurgery 2020, 136: e347-e354. PMID: 31917315, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.12.175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisLength of surgeryAdolescent patientsSpinal fusionIdiopathic scoliosisMultilevel posterior spinal fusionHealth care resource utilizationGreater complication ratePosterior spinal fusionPosterior spinal surgeryPostoperative complicationsComplication ratePrimary outcomeAIS patientsSpinal surgeryPatientsSurgeryAdmissionRegional variationComplicationsFurther studiesOutcomesCohortScoliosisTotal cost