2024
Sociodemographic Disparities and Postoperative Outcomes Following Cranial Vault Remodeling for Craniosynostosis: Analysis of the 2012 to 2021 NSQIP-Pediatric Database
Hengartner A, Serrato P, Sayeed S, Sadeghzadeh S, Prassinos A, Alperovich M, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. Sociodemographic Disparities and Postoperative Outcomes Following Cranial Vault Remodeling for Craniosynostosis: Analysis of the 2012 to 2021 NSQIP-Pediatric Database. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2024, 35: 1310-1314. PMID: 38752737, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000010303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesLength of stayCranial vault repairAdverse eventsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatric databaseAmerican College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisNSQIP-Pediatric databaseAge of presentationNon-Hispanic Black patientsNon-Hispanic white patientsIncreased complication rateHospital length of stayExtended length of stayPostoperative clinical outcomesEquitable health careRetrospective cohort studyCranial vault remodelingCurrent Procedural Terminology codesPostoperative adverse eventsCranial vault reconstructionProcedural Terminology codesLogistic regression analysisNon-white patients
2021
Racial Disparities in Health Care Resource Utilization After Pediatric Cervical and/or Thoracic Spinal Injuries
Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MR, Freedman IG, Koo AB, Hengartner AC, Reeves BC, Havlik J, Sarkozy M, Hong CS, Kundishora AJ, Tuason DA, DiLuna M. Racial Disparities in Health Care Resource Utilization After Pediatric Cervical and/or Thoracic Spinal Injuries. World Neurosurgery 2021, 156: e307-e318. PMID: 34560297, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAsianBlack or African AmericanCervical VertebraeChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHumansInfantLength of StayMalePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsSpinal InjuriesThoracic VertebraeUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsHealth care resource utilizationNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic AsiansHospital complicationsPediatric patientsMultivariate regression analysisNon-Hispanic whitesHospital LOSComplication rateGreater prevalenceICD-10-CM diagnosisLogistic multivariate regression analysisNational Trauma Data BankLonger hospital LOSOverall complication rateThoracic spine injuriesTrauma Data BankRegression analysisThoracic spinal injuryNHB patientsHospital lengthRetrospective cohortSpine injuriesThoracic injuriesRisk ratio