2021
Does dehydration prior to primary total joint arthroplasty increase risk of perioperative complications?
Moore HG, Justen MA, Kirwin DS, Burroughs PJ, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Does dehydration prior to primary total joint arthroplasty increase risk of perioperative complications? Arthroplasty 2021, 3: 34. PMID: 35236481, PMCID: PMC8796573, DOI: 10.1186/s42836-021-00090-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreoperative dehydrationPerioperative complicationsTotal joint arthroplastyTKA patientsTHA patientsJoint arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseElective total joint arthroplastyQuality Improvement Program databasePrimary total joint arthroplastyTotal knee arthroplasty patientsImprovement Program databaseRisk of transfusionShort-term complicationsTHA/TKAKnee arthroplasty patientsMethodsThe 2012Perioperative outcomesBlood transfusionArthroplasty patientsSpecific complicationsTotal hipProgram databaseBackgroundPrior studiesIncrease risk
2017
Outpatient Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion is Associated With Fewer Short-term Complications in One- and Two-level Cases
Fu MC, Gruskay JA, Samuel AM, Sheha ED, Derman PB, Iyer S, Grauer JN, Albert TJ. Outpatient Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion is Associated With Fewer Short-term Complications in One- and Two-level Cases. Spine 2017, 42: 1044-1049. PMID: 28697092, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutpatient anterior cervical discectomyAnterior cervical discectomyTwo-level ACDFPostdischarge complicationsPostoperative complicationsPostoperative morbidityRisk factorsCervical discectomyACDF casesOutpatient procedureOutpatient casesInpatient casesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databasePropensity-adjusted multivariable logistic regressionsQuality Improvement Program databaseCharlson Comorbidity IndexChronic steroid useOne-level ACDFOverall unadjusted rateGreater comorbidity burdenHigher American SocietyImprovement Program databaseIndependent risk factorRetrospective cohort studyShort-term complications