2016
Perioperative Outcomes After Cervical Laminoplasty Versus Posterior Decompression and Fusion
Varthi AG, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Golinvaux NS, Grauer JN. Perioperative Outcomes After Cervical Laminoplasty Versus Posterior Decompression and Fusion. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2016, 29: e226-e232. PMID: 25310393, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000000183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultilevel cervical pathologyBaseline patient characteristicsCervical laminoplastyShort-term outcomesPosterior decompressionLaminoplasty patientsFusion patientsCervical decompressionAdverse eventsPatient characteristicsCervical pathologySurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databasePropensity-adjusted multivariate analysisQuality Improvement Program databaseWorse short-term outcomesCharlson Comorbidity IndexPosterior cervical decompressionRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databaseLength of stayBivariate logistic regressionAnesthesiologists (ASA) scoreComorbidity indexPerioperative outcomes
2014
Perioperative Outcomes after Cervical Laminoplasty versus Posterior Decompression and Fusion: Analysis of 779 Patients in the ACS-NSQIP Database
Varthi A, Basques B, Bohl D, Grauer J. Perioperative Outcomes after Cervical Laminoplasty versus Posterior Decompression and Fusion: Analysis of 779 Patients in the ACS-NSQIP Database. The Spine Journal 2014, 14: s14. DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.08.044.Peer-Reviewed Original Research