2018
How Common—and How Serious— Is Clostridium difficile Colitis After Geriatric Hip Fracture? Findings from the NSQIP Dataset
Bovonratwet P, Bohl DD, Russo GS, Ondeck NT, Nam D, Della Valle CJ, Grauer JN. How Common—and How Serious— Is Clostridium difficile Colitis After Geriatric Hip Fracture? Findings from the NSQIP Dataset. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2018, 476: 453-462. PMID: 29443839, PMCID: PMC6260047, DOI: 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHip fracture surgeryClostridium difficile colitisDifficile colitisGeriatric hip fracturesChronic care facilitiesHip fractureFracture surgeryPostoperative lengthGeriatric patientsHigh riskPreoperative anemiaCurrent smokersCare facilitiesStrict hand hygieneProphylactic antibiotic regimensFuture prospective studiesHospital quality metricsLarge database studiesStepwise multivariate modelLarge national databasePostdischarge dataAntibiotic regimensInfectious diagnosisPreoperative factorsProphylactic antibiotics
2016
Factors Affecting Length of Stay and Complications After Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Gruskay JA, Fu M, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Buerba RA, Webb ML, Grauer JN. Factors Affecting Length of Stay and Complications After Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2016, 29: e34-e42. PMID: 24525748, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000000080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedCervical VertebraeDatabases, FactualDecompression, SurgicalElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansIntervertebral Disc DisplacementLength of StayMaleOrthopedicsOutcome Assessment, Health CarePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexSex FactorsUnited StatesConceptsLength of stayElective anterior cervical discectomyExtended LOSAnterior cervical discectomyAge 65 yearsMajor complicationsExtended surgery timeMultivariate analysisPreoperative anemiaPreoperative factorsCervical discectomySurgery timeNational Surgical Quality Improvement Project databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project databaseAverage LOSOrgan space infectionVenous thrombotic eventsACS-NSQIP databaseFactors Affecting LengthLarge database analysisACDF proceduresASA scorePerioperative factorsPerioperative variablesPostoperative complications
2014
Preoperative Factors Affecting Length of Stay After Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With and Without Corpectomy
Basques BA, Bohl DD, Golinvaux NS, Gruskay JA, Grauer JN. Preoperative Factors Affecting Length of Stay After Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With and Without Corpectomy. Spine 2014, 39: 939-946. PMID: 24718069, PMCID: PMC4024365, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000000307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAdultAgedCardiovascular DiseasesCervical VertebraeComorbidityConfounding Factors, EpidemiologicConnecticutDiskectomyElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHospitals, UniversityHumansLength of StayLung DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSpinal FusionConceptsElective anterior cervical discectomyAnterior cervical discectomyExtended LOSPreoperative factorsCervical discectomyPulmonary diseaseRetrospective cohort studyCervical spine pathologyProlonged hospital lengthFactors Affecting LengthCommon treatment modalityMultivariate logistic regressionSingle academic institutionElective ACDFHospital lengthCohort studyPatient demographicsAverage LOSSingle institutionTreatment modalitiesOperative characteristicsSpine pathologyACDFBACKGROUND DATAPatients