2022
Marfan syndrome and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients have similar 90-day postoperative outcomes and 5-year reoperation rates after spinal deformity surgery
Joo PY, Caruana DL, Gouzoulis MJ, Moore HG, Zhu JR, Ameri B, Grauer JN. Marfan syndrome and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients have similar 90-day postoperative outcomes and 5-year reoperation rates after spinal deformity surgery. Spine Deformity 2022, 10: 1169-1174. PMID: 35362940, DOI: 10.1007/s43390-022-00501-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisMarfan syndromeReoperation rateAIS patientsOdds ratioMFS patientsFive-Year Reoperation RatesNinety-day outcomesMinor adverse eventsMultivariate odds ratiosPosterior spinal fusionSpinal deformity surgeryComorbidity indexAdverse eventsDeformity surgeryAdministrative databasesRelative riskSpinal fusionIdiopathic scoliosisPatientsRepresentative sampleAgeOutcomesSexReadmission
2021
Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes are at greater risk for perioperative adverse outcomes following total hip arthroplasty
Webb ML, Justen MA, Kerbel YE, Scanlon CM, Nelson CL, Grauer JN. Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes are at greater risk for perioperative adverse outcomes following total hip arthroplasty. Hip International 2021, 32: 730-736. PMID: 33566714, DOI: 10.1177/1120700020988834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal hip arthroplastyPerioperative adverse outcomesAdverse outcomesDiabetes mellitusHip arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databasePrimary total hip arthroplastyAdditional adverse outcomesImprovement Program databaseInsulin-dependent diabeticsPreoperative risk stratificationInsulin-dependent diabetesQuality improvement initiativesInsulin useDependent diabeticsRisk stratificationProgram databasePatientsMultivariate analysisGreater riskImprovement initiativesDiabeticsOutcomesDiabetes
2017
Treatments of Missing Values in Large National Data Affect Conclusions: The Impact of Multiple Imputation on Arthroplasty Research
Ondeck NT, Fu MC, Skrip LA, McLynn RP, Su EP, Grauer JN. Treatments of Missing Values in Large National Data Affect Conclusions: The Impact of Multiple Imputation on Arthroplasty Research. The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2017, 33: 661-667. PMID: 29153865, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.10.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnicompartmental knee arthroplastyPreoperative albuminAdverse outcomesKnee arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramComplete case analysisHematocrit valuesSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramDemographics of patientsPreoperative laboratory valuesMultiple imputationQuality Improvement ProgramArthroplasty researchSelection biasHealthy patientsLaboratory valuesPotential selection biasPatientsJoint surgeonsComplete dataArthroplastyOnly caseNational datasetOutcomesConclusion