2024
Racial disparities in the management and outcomes of primary osseous neoplasms of the spine: a SEER analysis
Elsamadicy A, Sayeed S, Sherman J, Hengartner A, Pennington Z, Hersh A, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. Racial disparities in the management and outcomes of primary osseous neoplasms of the spine: a SEER analysis. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2024, 166: 293-301. PMID: 38225469, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-023-04557-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRacial disparitiesTumor characteristicsEwing sarcomaWhite patientsOsseous neoplasmsAssociated with tumor characteristicsImpact of racial disparitiesNon-Hispanic whitesAssociated with reduced survivalPrimary osseous neoplasmsUtilization of chemotherapyProportion of black patientsFive-year survivalOutcomes of patientsProportion of blacksNon-white patientsCancer RegistryHispanic cohortMedian survivalRare tumorHispanic patientsStudy patientsTumor typesEnd ResultsRace patients
2022
134 Racial Disparities in Healthcare Resource Utilization After Pediatric Cervical and/or Thoracic Spinal Injuries: Is it Black and White?
Elsamadicy A, Sandhu M, Freedman I, Koo A, Hengartner A, Reeves B, Havlik J, Sarkozy M, Kundishora A, Tuason D, DiLuna M. 134 Racial Disparities in Healthcare Resource Utilization After Pediatric Cervical and/or Thoracic Spinal Injuries: Is it Black and White? Neurosurgery 2022, 68: 39-39. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001880_134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthcare resource utilizationAfrican American patientsMultivariate regression analysisAfrican American cohortHospital complicationsHospital LOSComplication ratePediatric patientsSpinal traumaRacial disparitiesGreater prevalenceLogistic multivariate regression analysisLength of ICUOverall complication rateThoracic spine injuriesAfrican American raceDiagnosis coding systemRegression analysisThoracic spinal injuryPaucity of dataAfrican American/BlackUnited States healthcare systemICU LOSHospital stayInjury presentations
2020
Portending Influence Racial Disparities has on Extended Length of Stay after Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Interbody Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Elsamadicy A, Koo A, David W, Sarkozy M, Freedman I, Reeves B, Laurans M, Kolb L, Sciubba D. Portending Influence Racial Disparities has on Extended Length of Stay after Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Interbody Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Neurosurgery 2020, 67 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa447_194.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Influence of racial disparities on patient-reported satisfaction and short- and long-term perception of health status after elective lumbar spine surgery.
Elsamadicy AA, Kemeny H, Adogwa O, Sankey EW, Goodwin CR, Yarbrough CK, Lad SP, Karikari IO, Gottfried ON. Influence of racial disparities on patient-reported satisfaction and short- and long-term perception of health status after elective lumbar spine surgery. Journal Of Neurosurgery Spine 2018, 29: 40-45. PMID: 29701564, DOI: 10.3171/2017.12.spine171079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBlack or African AmericanDiagnostic Self EvaluationDisability EvaluationElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHealth StatusHealthcare DisparitiesHumansLumbar VertebraeMaleMiddle AgedPainPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPatient SatisfactionPrevalenceProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesSelf ConceptTime FactorsWhite PeopleConceptsElective lumbar spine surgeryPatient-reported outcomesLumbar spine surgerySpine surgeryPatient satisfactionRacial disparitiesPatient demographicsReadmission ratesWhite patientsAA patientsMedical recordsLong-term patient-reported outcomesOverall patient-reported outcomeGreater body mass indexBaseline patient demographicsInferior surgical outcomesVAS-LP scoresPatient-reported satisfactionOverall patient satisfactionBody mass indexVisual analog scaleAfrican American patientsPatient-specific factorsPatient satisfaction measuresPerception of health
2016
Racial Disparities in 30-Day Readmission Rates After Elective Spine Surgery
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Mehta AI, Cheng J, Bagley CA, Karikari IO. Racial Disparities in 30-Day Readmission Rates After Elective Spine Surgery. Spine 2016, 41: 1677-1682. PMID: 27054453, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective spine surgerySpine surgeryReadmission ratesBlack patientsUnplanned readmissionIndependent predictorsWhite patientsOutcome measuresMultivariate logistic regression modelRacial disparitiesCauses of readmissionDays of dischargeRetrospective cohort reviewRisk-adjusted oddsHigher readmission ratesBody mass indexPost-discharge careMain outcome measuresMultivariate logistic regressionMajor academic medical centerAcademic medical centerLogistic regression modelsHospital stayNonsurgical complicationsBaseline characteristics