2016
Preoperative Nutritional Status as an Adjunct Predictor of Major Postoperative Complications Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Fu MC, Buerba RA, Grauer JN. Preoperative Nutritional Status as an Adjunct Predictor of Major Postoperative Complications Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2016, 29: 167-172. PMID: 25310390, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000000181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramMajor postoperative complicationsPreoperative nutritional statusAnterior cervical discectomySurgical outcomes databaseSerum albumin concentrationPreoperative hypoalbuminemiaPostoperative complicationsNutritional statusAdjunct predictorCervical discectomyACDF casesOutcomes DatabaseAlbumin concentrationAlbumin measurementSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramMultivariable logistic regression modelHigher ASA classPreoperative albumin measurementsHigh-risk patientsPreoperative serum albuminMultiple medical comorbiditiesPreoperative risk assessmentAdjusted odds ratioStrong independent predictor
2003
Postoperative wound infections of the spine.
Beiner JM, Grauer J, Kwon BK, Vaccaro AR. Postoperative wound infections of the spine. Neurosurgical FOCUS 2003, 15: e14. PMID: 15347232, DOI: 10.3171/foc.2003.15.3.14.BooksMeSH KeywordsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibiotic ProphylaxisBlood SedimentationBone TransplantationCombined Modality TherapyComorbidityC-Reactive ProteinDebridementDiagnostic ImagingDisease SusceptibilityDiskectomyDrug Therapy, CombinationEquipment ContaminationHumansInternal FixatorsMalnutritionNutritional SupportReoperationRisk FactorsSpineSurgical Wound InfectionTherapeutic IrrigationConceptsRate of infectionLumbar surgeryWound infectionNutritional statusPostoperative spinal wound infectionsAntibiotic prophylactic therapySpinal wound infectionsPostoperative wound infectionUncomplicated postoperative courseErythrocyte sedimentation rateC-reactive proteinPossibility of infectionMajority of casesSubfascial layerProphylactic therapyAggressive treatmentPostoperative coursePatient factorsWound swellingClinical symptomsSuperficial infectionRisk factorsBone graftInfectionComplete eradication