2017
Predicting Postoperative Morbidity and Readmission for Revision Posterior Lumbar Fusion
Basques BA, Ibe I, Samuel AM, Lukasiewicz AM, Webb ML, Bohl DD, Grauer JN. Predicting Postoperative Morbidity and Readmission for Revision Posterior Lumbar Fusion. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2017, 30: e770-e775. PMID: 27280782, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000000391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinor adverse eventsSevere adverse eventsInsulin-dependent diabetesAdverse eventsPosterior lumbar fusionLumbar fusionRisk factorsASA classificationOperative timeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisBody mass index 25Quality Improvement Program databaseImprovement Program databaseRetrospective cohort studySpecific risk factorsAnesthesiologists classificationBMI 30Postoperative complicationsPostoperative morbidityCohort studyPatient characteristicsSicker patientsAdverse outcomes
2015
Predicting Short-term Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Basques BA, Chung SH, Lukasiewicz AM, Webb ML, Samuel AM, Bohl DD, Smith BG, Grauer JN. Predicting Short-term Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis. Spine 2015, 40: 1910-1917. PMID: 26261918, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior spinal fusionSevere adverse eventsShort-term morbidityNeuromuscular scoliosisAdverse eventsRisk factorsInfectious complicationsASA classificationSpinal fusionNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseOnly independent risk factorPoor short-term outcomeShort-term adverse outcomesPrevious cardiac surgeryRetrospective cohort studyIndependent risk factorOnly risk factorShort-term outcomesBody mass indexNMS patientsAnesthesiologists classificationCohort studyPatient characteristicsCardiac surgery
2014
Morbidity and Readmission After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Ankle Fractures Are Associated With Preoperative Patient Characteristics
Basques BA, Miller CP, Golinvaux NS, Bohl DD, Grauer JN. Morbidity and Readmission After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Ankle Fractures Are Associated With Preoperative Patient Characteristics. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2014, 473: 1133-1139. PMID: 25337977, PMCID: PMC4317425, DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-4005-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overAnkle FracturesDatabases, FactualDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleFracture Fixation, InternalHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient ReadmissionPostoperative ComplicationsProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsDependent functional statusSevere adverse eventsAdverse eventsAnkle fracturesInfectious complicationsFunctional statusASA classificationBimalleolar fracturesPatient characteristicsDiabetes mellitusOpen reductionInternal fixationRisk factorsSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseShort-term adverse eventsQuality Improvement Program databaseInsulin-dependent diabetes mellitusNoninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitusACS-NSQIP registryAnkle fracture ORIFQuestions/PurposesThe purposePreoperative patient characteristicsCurrent Procedural Terminology codesImprovement Program database