2018
Comparison of 30-Day Complications Between Navigated and Conventional Single-level Instrumented Posterior Lumbar Fusion
Bovonratwet P, Nelson SJ, Ondeck NT, Geddes BJ, Grauer JN. Comparison of 30-Day Complications Between Navigated and Conventional Single-level Instrumented Posterior Lumbar Fusion. Spine 2018, 43: 447-453. PMID: 28700450, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior lumbar fusionOperative timeLumbar fusionHospital lengthWound infectionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseShorter mean hospital lengthQuality Improvement Program databaseScrew placementRadiation exposureContamination/infectionLower blood transfusionRetrospective cohort comparison studyMean hospital lengthMost adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseInstrumented posterior lumbar fusionInstrumented lumbar fusionSurgeon radiation exposureCohort comparison studyPotential confounding factorsPedicle screw placementPerioperative complicationsPerioperative outcomes
2015
Comparison of 368 Patients Undergoing Surgery for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis From the SPORT Trial With 955 From the NSQIP Database
Golinvaux NS, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Yacob A, Grauer JN. Comparison of 368 Patients Undergoing Surgery for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis From the SPORT Trial With 955 From the NSQIP Database. Spine 2015, 40: 342-348. PMID: 25757036, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000000747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpine Patient Outcomes Research TrialPerioperative factorsPerioperative outcomesNSQIP databaseDegenerative spondylolisthesisSurgical proceduresNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseAverage body mass indexImprovement Program databaseAverage operative timeLumbar degenerative spondylolisthesisBody mass indexPostoperative mortalityPostoperative transfusionComplication rateRetrospective cohortSurgical patientsNonsurgical treatmentAnalysis of demographicsMass indexOperative timeSmoking statusLumbar pathologyWound infection
2004
The use of wound vacuums in the management of postoperative wound infections
Husted D, Grauer J, Hilibrand A. The use of wound vacuums in the management of postoperative wound infections. Seminars In Spine Surgery 2004, 16: 182-187. DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2004.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsWound infectionPostoperative wound infectionAppropriate antibiotic coverageWound vacuumAntibiotic coverageDevastating complicationWound checkSpine woundsSecondary intentionPrimary closurePrimary treatmentSpinal surgeryFluid collectionComplex woundsNeural elementsSurgical fieldSoft tissueInfectionWoundsHealingComplicationsDebridementSurgery
2003
Postoperative wound infections of the spine.
Beiner JM, Grauer J, Kwon BK, Vaccaro AR. Postoperative wound infections of the spine. Neurosurgical FOCUS 2003, 15: e14. PMID: 15347232, DOI: 10.3171/foc.2003.15.3.14.BooksMeSH KeywordsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibiotic ProphylaxisBlood SedimentationBone TransplantationC-Reactive ProteinCombined Modality TherapyComorbidityDebridementDiagnostic ImagingDisease SusceptibilityDiskectomyDrug Therapy, CombinationEquipment ContaminationHumansInternal FixatorsMalnutritionNutritional SupportReoperationRisk FactorsSpineSurgical Wound InfectionTherapeutic IrrigationConceptsRate of infectionLumbar surgeryWound infectionNutritional statusPostoperative spinal wound infectionsAntibiotic prophylactic therapySpinal wound infectionsPostoperative wound infectionUncomplicated postoperative courseErythrocyte sedimentation rateC-reactive proteinPossibility of infectionMajority of casesSubfascial layerProphylactic therapyAggressive treatmentPostoperative coursePatient factorsWound swellingClinical symptomsSuperficial infectionRisk factorsBone graftInfectionComplete eradication