Preoperative laboratory testing for total hip arthroplasty: Unnecessary tests or a helpful prognosticator
Ondeck NT, Fu MC, McLynn RP, Bovonratwet P, Malpani R, Grauer JN. Preoperative laboratory testing for total hip arthroplasty: Unnecessary tests or a helpful prognosticator. Journal Of Orthopaedic Science 2019, 25: 854-860. PMID: 31668911, DOI: 10.1016/j.jos.2019.09.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal hip arthroplastyPreoperative laboratory testingBlood urea nitrogenAdverse outcomesCreatinine levelsBUN levelsHip arthroplastySodium levelsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramRoutine preoperative laboratory testingPrimary total hip arthroplastySurgical Quality Improvement ProgramElective arthroplasty proceduresHealth adverse outcomesPatient baseline characteristicsPreoperative creatinine levelPerioperative adverse eventsLower extremity arthroplastyQuality Improvement ProgramLaboratory testingHealth care deliveryHelpful prognosticatorInfectious indicationsPreoperative sodiumAdverse eventsSafety of Outpatient Single-level Cervical Total Disc Replacement
Bovonratwet P, Fu MC, Tyagi V, Ondeck NT, Albert TJ, Grauer JN. Safety of Outpatient Single-level Cervical Total Disc Replacement. Spine 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30247372, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-level cervical total disc replacementCervical total disc replacementSingle-level ACDFPerioperative complicationsTotal disc replacementPerioperative outcomesOutpatient settingDisc replacementNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSingle-level anterior cervical discectomyQuality Improvement Program databasePropensity scoreRetrospective cohort comparison studyPatient baseline characteristicsAdverse event profileAnterior cervical discectomyImprovement Program databasePerioperative adverse eventsRate of readmissionLength of stayCohort comparison studyHospital stayAdverse eventsBaseline characteristicsCervical discectomy