2022
Underweight patients are the highest risk body mass index group for perioperative adverse events following stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion
Ottesen TD, Galivanche AR, Greene JD, Malpani R, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Underweight patients are the highest risk body mass index group for perioperative adverse events following stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion. The Spine Journal 2022, 22: 1139-1148. PMID: 35231643, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.02.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseAnterior lumbar interbody fusionObese class 1Improvement Program databaseClass 2 patientsAdverse eventsUnderweight patientsBMI categoriesAdverse outcomesBMI spectrumInterbody fusionProgram databaseTwo-level anterior lumbar interbody fusionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisThirty-day adverse eventsWorld Health Organization categoriesBody mass index groupsPostoperative adverse eventsRetrospective cohort studyPerioperative adverse eventsNormal-weight subjectsPost-operative infection
2021
Underweight Patients Are the Greatest Risk Body Mass Index Group for 30-Day Perioperative Adverse Events After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.
Ottesen TD, Hsiang WR, Malpani R, Nicholson AD, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Underweight Patients Are the Greatest Risk Body Mass Index Group for 30-Day Perioperative Adverse Events After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2021, 29: e132-e142. PMID: 32568997, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-20-00049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexPerioperative adverse eventsTotal shoulder arthroplastyNormal weight patientsAdverse eventsTSA patientsBMI categoriesUnderweight patientsShoulder arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseElective total shoulder arthroplastyOverweight/obese categoriesRisk-adjusted multivariate regressionsQuality Improvement Program databaseElevated body mass indexBody mass index groupsLower body mass indexPrimary total shoulder arthroplastyNormal BMI patientsComplications of patientsSerious adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseNormal-weight subjectsBMI patientsFragile cohort
2020
Underweight patients are an often under looked “At risk” population after undergoing posterior cervical spine surgery
Ottesen TD, Bagi PS, Malpani R, Galivanche AR, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Underweight patients are an often under looked “At risk” population after undergoing posterior cervical spine surgery. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2020, 5: 100041. PMID: 35141608, PMCID: PMC8820029, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2020.100041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexPosterior cervical spine surgeryCervical spine surgeryAdverse eventsBMI categoriesBMI spectrumSpine surgeryNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseRisk-adjusted multivariate regressionsQuality Improvement Program databaseHigher body mass indexLower body mass indexOutcomes of patientsImprovement Program databaseNormal-weight subjectsCategory of patientsSpine surgery outcomesUnderweight patientsPatient demographicsBMI groupsMass indexAdverse outcomesSurgery outcomesProgram databaseInclusion criteriaUnderweight patients are at just as much risk as super morbidly obese patients when undergoing anterior cervical spine surgery
Ottesen TD, Malpani R, Galivanche AR, Zogg CK, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Underweight patients are at just as much risk as super morbidly obese patients when undergoing anterior cervical spine surgery. The Spine Journal 2020, 20: 1085-1095. PMID: 32194246, PMCID: PMC7380546, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cervical spine surgeryBody mass indexCervical spine surgeryNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSuper morbidly obese patientsQuality Improvement Program databaseWorld Health Organization categoriesMorbidly obese patientsImprovement Program databaseObese patientsAdverse eventsAdverse outcomesSpine surgeryUnderweight patientsPostoperative infectionProgram databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisAnterior cervical spine proceduresOverweight/obese categoriesThirty-day adverse eventsHigher body mass indexLower body mass indexAdverse outcome categoriesNormal BMI patients
2018
Underweight Patients Are the Highest-Risk BMI Group for Perioperative Adverse Events after Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Ottesen T, Hsiang W, Malpani R, Varthi A, Rubin L, Grauer J. Underweight Patients Are the Highest-Risk BMI Group for Perioperative Adverse Events after Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2018, 227: s191. DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.07.412.Peer-Reviewed Original Research