2020
Postoperative Pressure Ulcers After Geriatric Hip Fracture Surgery Are Predicted by Defined Preoperative Comorbidities and Postoperative Complications.
Galivanche AR, Kebaish KJ, Adrados M, Ottesen TD, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Postoperative Pressure Ulcers After Geriatric Hip Fracture Surgery Are Predicted by Defined Preoperative Comorbidities and Postoperative Complications. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2020, 28: 342-351. PMID: 31567615, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-19-00104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative pressure ulcersHip fracture surgeryPostoperative complicationsPressure ulcersRisk factorsPreoperative comorbiditiesFracture surgerySurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseGeriatric hip fracture patientsGeriatric hip fracture surgeryQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate regressionNSQIP Participant Use FilePreoperative risk factorsHip fracture patientsImprovement Program databaseUrinary tract infectionElevated platelet countInsulin-dependent diabetesParticipant Use FilePressure ulcer developmentQuality Improvement ProgramPostoperative deliriumPostoperative pneumonia
2014
Increased Risk of Complications After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in the Elderly
Buerba RA, Giles E, Webb ML, Fu MC, Gvozdyev B, Grauer JN. Increased Risk of Complications After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in the Elderly. Spine 2014, 39: 2062-2069. PMID: 25271519, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000000606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cervical discectomyCervical discectomyElderly patientsPulmonary embolism/deep vein thrombosisSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseCentral nervous system complicationsQuality Improvement Program databaseShorter operating room timeNervous system complicationsImprovement Program databaseIndependent risk factorRetrospective cohort analysisDeep vein thrombosisRisk of complicationsMultivariate logistic regressionMulti-institutional databaseFisher's exact testOperating room timeLogistic regression modelsHospital complicationsPreoperative comorbiditiesUrinary complicationsPatients 65Respiratory complications