2018
The effect of a preoperative education class on the rate of manipulation under anesthesia after total knee arthroplasty in a veterans population
Tyagi V, Huez C, Henderson S, Lukasiewicz A, Gardner E, Rubin L, Weis L. The effect of a preoperative education class on the rate of manipulation under anesthesia after total knee arthroplasty in a veterans population. Arthroplasty Today 2018, 4: 359-362. PMID: 30186922, PMCID: PMC6123243, DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2018.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTotal knee arthroplastyRate of manipulationPreoperative counselingKnee arthroplastySingle Veterans Affairs hospitalPrimary total knee arthroplastyPreoperative education classPrevious knee surgerySubset of patientsBody mass indexVeterans Affairs hospitalPreoperative knee rangeTotal joint arthroplastyCertain orthopedic proceduresEarly recovery periodHigher baseline ratesMUA ratesMedical comorbiditiesPreoperative coursePreoperative factorsPostoperative stiffnessCommon complicationKnee rangeOpioid dependenceMass index
2014
Limitations of administrative databases in spine research: a study in obesity
Golinvaux NS, Bohl DD, Basques BA, Fu MC, Gardner EC, Grauer JN. Limitations of administrative databases in spine research: a study in obesity. The Spine Journal 2014, 14: 2923-2928. PMID: 24780248, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.04.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICD-9 codesBody mass indexNational inpatient databaseProportion of patientsLarge academic medical centerNinth Revision codesCross-sectional studySurgery researchSpine surgery researchAcademic medical centerOnly comorbidityPediatric patientsMass indexInpatient DatabaseRevision codesDiagnosis codesMedical recordsAdministrative databasesSpine surgeryMedical CenterDatabase studyInternational ClassificationPatientsObesityLarger sample size