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
2016
Is Outpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty Safe?
Nelson SJ, Webb ML, Lukasiewicz AM, Varthi AG, Samuel AM, Grauer JN. Is Outpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty Safe? The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2016, 32: 1439-1442. PMID: 28065622, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.11.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedArthroplasty, Replacement, HipBlood TransfusionDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansInpatientsLength of StayLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOutpatientsPatient DischargePatient ReadmissionPatient SafetyPoisson DistributionPostoperative ComplicationsPropensity ScoreQuality ImprovementRegression AnalysisRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultConceptsOutpatient total hip arthroplastyTotal hip arthroplastyAdverse eventsPropensity scoreSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseGeneral health outcome measuresDays adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseMultivariate Poisson regressionHealth outcome measuresHospital dischargePostoperative dayBlood transfusionExtended LOSTHA patientsPotential confoundersInpatient proceduresProgram databaseRelative riskHip arthroplastyOutcome measuresSafety dataStudy group
2015
Overall Similar Infection Rates Reported in the Physician-reported Scoliosis Research Society Database and the Chart-abstracted American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database
Webb ML, Lukasiewicz AM, Samuel AM, Bohl DD, Basques BA, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Overall Similar Infection Rates Reported in the Physician-reported Scoliosis Research Society Database and the Chart-abstracted American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database. Spine 2015, 40: 1431-1435. PMID: 26110664, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsACS-NSQIP databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseImprovement Program databaseInfection rateSRS databasePostoperative infectionProgram databaseAmerican CollegeScoliosis Research Society MorbidityAcute postoperative infectionSurgeon-reported dataPostoperative infection rateRetrospective cohort studyNinth Revision codesSimilar infection ratesDegenerative spondylolithesisCohort studyScheuermann's kyphosisSurgical databaseRevision codesSurgical correctionBACKGROUND DATASurgical cases