2023
Association Between Intravenous to Oral Opioid Transition Time and Length of Hospital Stay After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Hengartner A, Havlik J, David W, Reeves B, Freedman I, Sarkozy M, Maloy G, Fernandez T, Craft S, Koo A, Tuason D, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. Association Between Intravenous to Oral Opioid Transition Time and Length of Hospital Stay After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. The International Journal Of Spine Surgery 2023, 17: 468-476. PMID: 37076256, PMCID: PMC10312154, DOI: 10.14444/8448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosterior spinal fusionAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisExtended LOSSpinal fusionIdiopathic scoliosisMultivariate analysisMultilevel posterior spinal fusionLength of hospitalPostoperative complication rateMajor academic institutionOral opioidsHospital LOSStudy patientsDischarge dispositionHospital lengthPostoperative complicationsPostoperative courseComplication rateIntraoperative variablesLonger LOSPatient demographicsReadmission ratesMedical recordsUnivariate analysisOdds ratio
2022
Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma
Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MRS, Freedman IG, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Yu J, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Hong CS, Rutherford HJV, Kim JA, Gerrard J, Gilmore EJ, Omay SB. Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma. World Neurosurgery 2022, 162: e251-e263. PMID: 35276399, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.02.122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute traumatic subdural hematomaTraumatic subdural hematomaHospital mortalityNonroutine dischargeSubdural hematomaExtended LOSIndependent predictorsAdult patientsBaseline frailtyMultivariate logistic regression analysisExtended hospital lengthImpact of frailtyRetrospective cohort studyNational Trauma DatabaseLogistic regression analysisRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisHealth care expendituresFrail patientsHospital lengthCohort studySurgical evacuationFrailty indexTrauma databasePatients
2021
Racial Disparities in Health Care Resource Utilization After Pediatric Cervical and/or Thoracic Spinal Injuries
Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MR, Freedman IG, Koo AB, Hengartner AC, Reeves BC, Havlik J, Sarkozy M, Hong CS, Kundishora AJ, Tuason DA, DiLuna M. Racial Disparities in Health Care Resource Utilization After Pediatric Cervical and/or Thoracic Spinal Injuries. World Neurosurgery 2021, 156: e307-e318. PMID: 34560297, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAsianBlack or African AmericanCervical VertebraeChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHumansInfantLength of StayMalePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsSpinal InjuriesThoracic VertebraeUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsHealth care resource utilizationNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic AsiansHospital complicationsPediatric patientsMultivariate regression analysisNon-Hispanic whitesHospital LOSComplication rateGreater prevalenceICD-10-CM diagnosisLogistic multivariate regression analysisNational Trauma Data BankLonger hospital LOSOverall complication rateThoracic spine injuriesTrauma Data BankRegression analysisThoracic spinal injuryNHB patientsHospital lengthRetrospective cohortSpine injuriesThoracic injuriesRisk ratioModified-frailty index does not independently predict complications, hospital length of stay or 30-day readmission rates following posterior lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis
Elsamadicy AA, Freedman IG, Koo AB, David WB, Reeves BC, Havlik J, Pennington Z, Kolb L, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Modified-frailty index does not independently predict complications, hospital length of stay or 30-day readmission rates following posterior lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis. The Spine Journal 2021, 21: 1812-1821. PMID: 34010683, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.05.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnplanned readmissionAdverse eventsLumbar spinal decompressionHospital lengthReadmission ratesIndependent predictorsSpinal decompressionNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databasePosterior lumbar spinal fusionChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisICD-9-CM diagnosisDependent functional statusHypertension requiring medicationInferior surgical outcomesLonger hospital stayRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databaseCongestive heart failureObstructive pulmonary diseaseSurgical adverse eventsSignificant independent predictorsLumbar spinal fusionProcedural Coding System