2018
What Associations Exist Between Comorbidity Indices and Postoperative Adverse Events After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty?
Fu MC, Ondeck NT, Nwachukwu BU, Garcia GH, Gulotta LV, Verma NN, Grauer JN. What Associations Exist Between Comorbidity Indices and Postoperative Adverse Events After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty? Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2018, 477: 881-890. PMID: 30614913, PMCID: PMC6437372, DOI: 10.1097/corr.0000000000000624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramBody mass indexTotal shoulder arthroplastyPostoperative adverse eventsComorbidity indexAdverse eventsHighest AUCShoulder arthroplastyAnthropometric variablesSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramReverse total shoulder arthroplastyDiscriminative abilityCharlson Comorbidity IndexThirty-day outcomesSevere adverse eventsPreoperative risk stratificationModerate discriminative abilityYears of ageQuality Improvement ProgramGood discriminative abilityGreater associationCombination of ageAnesthesiologists classificationASA scoreMedical comorbiditiesSystematic Changes in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database Over the Years Can Affect Comorbidity Indices Such as the Modified Frailty Index and Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index for Lumbar Fusion Studies
Shultz BN, Ottesen TD, Ondeck NT, Bovonratwet P, McLynn RP, Cui JJ, Grauer JN. Systematic Changes in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database Over the Years Can Affect Comorbidity Indices Such as the Modified Frailty Index and Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index for Lumbar Fusion Studies. Spine 2018, 43: 798-804. PMID: 28922281, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseCharlson Comorbidity IndexImprovement Program databaseComorbidity indexFrailty indexNSQIP databaseProgram databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseElective posterior lumbar fusionModified Charlson Comorbidity IndexModified Frailty IndexAdverse postoperative outcomesRetrospective cohort studyMean American SocietyMean ASA scorePosterior lumbar fusionAnesthesiologists (ASA) scoreASA scoreCohort studyPostoperative outcomesLumbar fusionBACKGROUND DATAAmerican CollegePatients
2016
Factors Affecting Length of Stay and Complications After Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Gruskay JA, Fu M, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Buerba RA, Webb ML, Grauer JN. Factors Affecting Length of Stay and Complications After Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2016, 29: e34-e42. PMID: 24525748, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000000080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedCervical VertebraeDatabases, FactualDecompression, SurgicalElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansIntervertebral Disc DisplacementLength of StayMaleOrthopedicsOutcome Assessment, Health CarePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexSex FactorsUnited StatesConceptsLength of stayElective anterior cervical discectomyExtended LOSAnterior cervical discectomyAge 65 yearsMajor complicationsExtended surgery timeMultivariate analysisPreoperative anemiaPreoperative factorsCervical discectomySurgery timeNational Surgical Quality Improvement Project databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project databaseAverage LOSOrgan space infectionVenous thrombotic eventsACS-NSQIP databaseFactors Affecting LengthLarge database analysisACDF proceduresASA scorePerioperative factorsPerioperative variablesPostoperative complications