2023
Prevalence and Influence of Frailty on Hospital Outcomes After Surgical Resection of Spinal Meningiomas
Elsamadicy A, Koo A, Reeves B, Craft S, Sayeed S, Sherman J, Sarkozy M, Aurich L, Fernandez T, Lo S, Shin J, Sciubba D, Mendel E. Prevalence and Influence of Frailty on Hospital Outcomes After Surgical Resection of Spinal Meningiomas. World Neurosurgery 2023, 173: e121-e131. PMID: 36773810, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.02.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Frailty Risk ScoreLength of stayHealth care resource utilizationSpinal meningiomasNonroutine dischargeAdverse eventsDischarge dispositionInternational ClassificationExtended LOSMean LOSNational Inpatient Sample databaseFrailty Risk ScoreInfluence of frailtyImpact of frailtyRetrospective cohort studyPerioperative adverse eventsTenth Revision codesClinical Modification codesCost of admissionMultivariate regression analysisHospital outcomesPatient frailtyAdult patientsCohort studyPatient demographics
2022
Impact of Affective Disorders on Inpatient Opioid Consumption and Hospital Outcomes Following Open Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adult Spine Deformity
Elsamadicy A, Sandhu M, Reeves B, Jafar T, Craft S, Sherman J, Hersh A, Koo A, Kolb L, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. Impact of Affective Disorders on Inpatient Opioid Consumption and Hospital Outcomes Following Open Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adult Spine Deformity. World Neurosurgery 2022, 170: e223-e235. PMID: 36332777, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.10.114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient narcotic consumptionInpatient opioid consumptionHealthcare resource utilizationAD cohortAffective disordersNonroutine dischargeOpioid consumptionNarcotic consumptionSpinal fusionAdult spinal deformity surgeryInpatient opioid usePremier Healthcare DatabaseRetrospective cohort studyPosterior spinal fusionLength of staySpinal deformity surgeryAdult spinal deformityAdult spine deformityYears of ageGreater proportionMultivariate regression analysisNon-Hispanic whitesHospital outcomesStudy patientsCohort study