2020
Local antibiotics in posterior lumbar fusion procedures for neuromuscular scoliosis: a case for their use
Ondeck NT, Ondeck MA, Bovonratwet P, Albert TJ, Grauer JN. Local antibiotics in posterior lumbar fusion procedures for neuromuscular scoliosis: a case for their use. The Spine Journal 2020, 21: 664-670. PMID: 33347970, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.12.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical site infectionPosterior spinal fusionNeuromuscular scoliosisLocal antibioticsIntraoperative antibioticsStudy populationRisk of SSIOccurrence of SSIReduced surgical site infectionsHigh-risk patient populationPosterior lumbar fusion proceduresAdverse outcome variablesIncreased overall riskHigh-risk patientsOverall study populationRisk patient populationPatient demographic factorsEntire study populationLumbar fusion proceduresIntrawound antibioticsNMS patientsRenal complicationsRisk patientsPediatric patientsRetrospective review
2016
Predicting Short-Term Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis: Table 1.
Basques B, Golinvaux N, Smith B, Bohl D, Grauer J. Predicting Short-Term Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis: Table 1. Pediatrics 2016, 137: 539a-539a. DOI: 10.1542/peds.137.supplement_3.539a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchShort-term morbidityPosterior spinal fusionNeuromuscular scoliosisSpinal fusionMorbidityPatientsScoliosis
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 surgeryPredicting Short-Term Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Basques B, Lukasiewicz A, Webb M, Samuel A, Bohl D, Smith B, Grauer J. Predicting Short-Term Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis. The Spine Journal 2015, 15: s224. DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.07.322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchShort-term morbidityPosterior spinal fusionNeuromuscular scoliosisSpinal fusionMorbidityPatientsScoliosis