2022
Underweight patients are the highest risk body mass index group for perioperative adverse events following stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion
Ottesen TD, Galivanche AR, Greene JD, Malpani R, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Underweight patients are the highest risk body mass index group for perioperative adverse events following stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion. The Spine Journal 2022, 22: 1139-1148. PMID: 35231643, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.02.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseAnterior lumbar interbody fusionObese class 1Improvement Program databaseClass 2 patientsAdverse eventsUnderweight patientsBMI categoriesAdverse outcomesBMI spectrumInterbody fusionProgram databaseTwo-level anterior lumbar interbody fusionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisThirty-day adverse eventsWorld Health Organization categoriesBody mass index groupsPostoperative adverse eventsRetrospective cohort studyPerioperative adverse eventsNormal-weight subjectsPost-operative infection
2020
Underweight 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
2015
General Compared with Spinal Anesthesia for Total Hip Arthroplasty
Basques BA, Toy JO, Bohl DD, Golinvaux NS, Grauer JN. General Compared with Spinal Anesthesia for Total Hip Arthroplasty. Journal Of Bone And Joint Surgery 2015, 97: 455-461. PMID: 25788301, PMCID: PMC4357526, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.n.00662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal hip arthroplastyPrimary elective total hip arthroplastyPropensity-adjusted multivariate analysisElective total hip arthroplastyGeneral anesthesiaAdverse eventsSpinal anesthesiaHip arthroplastyOperating room timeRoom timeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisThirty-day adverse eventsQuality Improvement Program databaseMinor adverse eventsPostoperative ventilator useBaseline patient characteristicsImprovement Program databaseLength of stayUnplanned intubationPerioperative outcomesPostoperative lengthVentilator useAnesthetic type