2021
Ambulatory Single-level Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy for Cervical Radiculopathy
Bovonratwet P, Retzky JS, Chen AZ, Ondeck NT, Samuel AM, Qureshi SA, Grauer JN, Albert TJ. Ambulatory Single-level Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy for Cervical Radiculopathy. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2021, 35: e306-e313. PMID: 34654773, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000001252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-level posterior cervical foraminotomyPosterior cervical foraminotomyCervical radiculopathyInpatient proceduresCervical foraminotomyPerioperative complicationsAmbulatory proceduresSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databasePropensity scoreRetrospective cohort comparison studyImprovement Program databaseSurgical site infectionCohort comparison studyHospital lengthPain controlPerioperative outcomesPostoperative complicationsThromboembolic eventsWound complicationsNSQIP databasePatient characteristicsSite infectionIndividual complications
2016
Is Outpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty Safe?
Nelson SJ, Webb ML, Lukasiewicz AM, Varthi AG, Samuel AM, Grauer JN. Is Outpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty Safe? The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2016, 32: 1439-1442. PMID: 28065622, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.11.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedArthroplasty, Replacement, HipBlood TransfusionDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansInpatientsLength of StayLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOutpatientsPatient DischargePatient ReadmissionPatient SafetyPoisson DistributionPostoperative ComplicationsPropensity ScoreQuality ImprovementRegression AnalysisRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultConceptsOutpatient total hip arthroplastyTotal hip arthroplastyAdverse eventsPropensity scoreSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseGeneral health outcome measuresDays adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseMultivariate Poisson regressionHealth outcome measuresHospital dischargePostoperative dayBlood transfusionExtended LOSTHA patientsPotential confoundersInpatient proceduresProgram databaseRelative riskHip arthroplastyOutcome measuresSafety dataStudy group