2020
Perioperative Outcomes in 17,947 Patients Undergoing 2-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus 1-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy for Treatment of Cervical Degenerative Conditions: A Propensity Score Matched National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis
Galivanche AR, Gala R, Bagi PS, Boylan AJ, Dussik CM, Coutinho PD, Grauer JN, Varthi AG. Perioperative Outcomes in 17,947 Patients Undergoing 2-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus 1-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy for Treatment of Cervical Degenerative Conditions: A Propensity Score Matched National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis. Neurospine 2020, 17: 871-878. PMID: 33401865, PMCID: PMC7788425, DOI: 10.14245/ns.2040134.067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexCervical degenerative conditionsAnterior cervical corpectomyAnterior cervical discectomyOperative timeFunctional statusCervical corpectomyAdverse eventsCervical discectomyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysisNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseDegenerative conditionsQuality Improvement Program databasePropensity scoreMultivariate logistic regression analysisAnesthesiologists physical status classificationMinor adverse eventsSerious adverse eventsImprovement Program databasePhysical status classificationShorter operative timeHigher functional statusMultivariate logistic regressionLogistic regression analysisASA PS classificationPerioperative adverse events after different fusion approaches for single-level lumbar spondylosis
Gala RJ, Ottesen TD, Kahan JB, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Perioperative adverse events after different fusion approaches for single-level lumbar spondylosis. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2020, 1: 100005. PMID: 35141578, PMCID: PMC8820031, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2020.100005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionPerioperative adverse eventsPosterior spinal fusionLumbar spondylosisAdverse eventsLumbar fusionChi-squared testInterbody fusionNational Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseSingle-level lumbar fusionPropensity scoreLong-term outcome studiesImprovement Program databaseGood surgical techniqueLong-term outcomesLow back painSingle-level fusionDifferent surgical approachesPosterior lumbar fusionLumbar interbody fusionPearson's chi-squared testDifferent fusion proceduresAP fusionPerioperative complications
2018
Different Fusion Approaches for Single-level Lumbar Spondylolysis Have Similar Perioperative Outcomes
Gala RJ, Bovonratwet P, Webb ML, Varthi AG, Daubs MD, Grauer JN. Different Fusion Approaches for Single-level Lumbar Spondylolysis Have Similar Perioperative Outcomes. Spine 2018, 43: e111-e117. PMID: 28591074, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionAnterior lumbar interbody fusionPosterior spinal fusionPerioperative adverse eventsAdverse eventsLong-term outcomesLumbar interbody fusionLumbar spondylolysisPerioperative outcomesOperative timeSurgical approachFusion groupInterbody fusionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement databasePerioperative adverse event ratesSimilar long-term outcomesPropensity scoreMinor adverse eventsPrevious cohort studiesSerious adverse eventsSimilar perioperative outcomesAdverse event ratesIndividual adverse eventsQuality improvement database