2022
Demographic and economic trends in vertebral fracture surgeries throughout the United States
Beschloss AM, Taghlabi KM, Rodriguez DA, Lee N, Gupta S, Bondar K, Lombardi JM, Varthi A, Faraji A, Saifi C. Demographic and economic trends in vertebral fracture surgeries throughout the United States. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2022, 12: 100175. PMID: 36281323, PMCID: PMC9587355, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2022.100175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFracture surgeryNational Inpatient SampleVertebral fracturesHospital costsRelevant public health concernHealth care utilizationHigh-impact traumaRate of fracturesPublic health concernValue-based careInpatient mortalityPatient ageSurgical treatmentCare utilizationHospital chargesMean ageInpatient SampleInsurance typeMortality rateSurgeryDemographic dataSuch fracturesMore surgeonsUnderlying causeHealth concern
2021
COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery
Mercier MR, Galivanche AR, Brand JP, Pathak N, Medvecky MJ, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0262115. PMID: 34972190, PMCID: PMC8719674, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-positive patientsAnkle fracture surgeryPerioperative adverse eventsAdverse eventsAnkle fracture patientsFracture surgeryFracture patientsOperative interventionAnkle fracturesPropensity matchingCOVID statusOpen reduction internal fixation surgeryPerioperative adverse outcomesPerioperative surgical complicationsMinor adverse eventsPostoperative adverse eventsSerious adverse eventsChronic kidney diseaseCOVID-19 Research DatabaseLong-term outcomesInternal fixation surgeryBasis of agePropensity-score matchingPostoperative complicationsNegative patients