2020
Thirty- and 90-day Readmissions After Spinal Surgery for Spine Metastases
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, David WB, Zogg CK, Kundishora AJ, Hong CS, Kuzmik GA, Gorrepati R, Coutinho PO, Kolb L, Laurans M, Abbed K. Thirty- and 90-day Readmissions After Spinal Surgery for Spine Metastases. Spine 2020, 46: 828-835. PMID: 33394977, PMCID: PMC8278805, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000003907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpine metastasesGenitourinary complicationsPostoperative infectionSpine surgeryRheumatoid arthritis/collagen vascular diseasesAcute post-hemorrhagic anemiaCollagen vascular diseaseRetrospective cohort studyUnplanned hospital readmissionNationwide Readmissions DatabasePatient-level factorsVulnerable patient groupSurgical treatment interventionMultivariate regression analysisFusion spine surgeryInpatient complicationsFrequent readmissionsUnplanned readmissionCohort studyRenal failureClinical factorsHospital readmissionSurgery typePatient groupVascular diseaseUnderweight patients are at just as much risk as super morbidly obese patients when undergoing anterior cervical spine surgery
Ottesen TD, Malpani R, Galivanche AR, Zogg CK, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Underweight patients are at just as much risk as super morbidly obese patients when undergoing anterior cervical spine surgery. The Spine Journal 2020, 20: 1085-1095. PMID: 32194246, PMCID: PMC7380546, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cervical spine surgeryBody mass indexCervical spine surgeryNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSuper morbidly obese patientsQuality Improvement Program databaseWorld Health Organization categoriesMorbidly obese patientsImprovement Program databaseObese patientsAdverse eventsAdverse outcomesSpine surgeryUnderweight patientsPostoperative infectionProgram databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisAnterior cervical spine proceduresOverweight/obese categoriesThirty-day adverse eventsHigher body mass indexLower body mass indexAdverse outcome categoriesNormal BMI patients
2018
Dialysis is an independent risk factor for perioperative adverse events, readmission, reoperation, and mortality for patients undergoing elective spine surgery
Ottesen TD, McLynn RP, Zogg CK, Shultz BN, Ondeck NT, Bovonratwet P, Bellamkonda KS, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Dialysis is an independent risk factor for perioperative adverse events, readmission, reoperation, and mortality for patients undergoing elective spine surgery. The Spine Journal 2018, 18: 2033-2042. PMID: 30077772, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.04.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective spine surgeryNon-dialysis patientsDialysis-dependent patientsPerioperative adverse eventsAdverse eventsDialysis patientsSpine surgeryUnplanned readmissionCohort studyPatient demographicsRisk factorsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseRisk-adjusted multivariate regressionsQuality Improvement Program databaseOperating roomDialysis-independent patientsInstitutional cohort studyMinor adverse eventsRetrospective cohort studyElective spinal surgeryImprovement Program databaseIndependent risk factorMajor adverse eventsPercentage of complicationsAdministrative database study