2014
Preoperative Factors Affecting Length of Stay After Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With and Without Corpectomy
Basques BA, Bohl DD, Golinvaux NS, Gruskay JA, Grauer JN. Preoperative Factors Affecting Length of Stay After Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With and Without Corpectomy. Spine 2014, 39: 939-946. PMID: 24718069, PMCID: PMC4024365, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000000307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAdultAgedCardiovascular DiseasesCervical VertebraeComorbidityConfounding Factors, EpidemiologicConnecticutDiskectomyElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHospitals, UniversityHumansLength of StayLung DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSpinal FusionConceptsElective anterior cervical discectomyAnterior cervical discectomyExtended LOSPreoperative factorsCervical discectomyPulmonary diseaseRetrospective cohort studyCervical spine pathologyProlonged hospital lengthFactors Affecting LengthCommon treatment modalityMultivariate logistic regressionSingle academic institutionElective ACDFHospital lengthCohort studyPatient demographicsAverage LOSSingle institutionTreatment modalitiesOperative characteristicsSpine pathologyACDFBACKGROUND DATAPatientsCosts of non-helmeted motorcycle riding in Connecticut.
Eltorai AE, Daniels AH, Grauer JN, Browner BD, Born CT. Costs of non-helmeted motorcycle riding in Connecticut. Connecticut Medicine 2014, 78: 91-3. PMID: 24741858.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
MR Findings of Exaggerated Fluid in Facet Joints Predicts Instability
Schinnerer KA, Katz LD, Grauer JN. MR Findings of Exaggerated Fluid in Facet Joints Predicts Instability. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2008, 21: 468-472. PMID: 18836356, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0b013e3181585bab.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnetic resonance imagingFacet jointsPlain filmsLumbar spine magnetic resonance imagingLumbar magnetic resonance imagingSpine magnetic resonance imagingSupine magnetic resonance imagingAxial magnetic resonance imagingConsecutive magnetic resonance imagingLow back painLumbar facet jointsRetrospective radiographic reviewIncidence of spondylolisthesisRadiographic evidenceSingle surgeonBack painRadiographic reviewSagittal MRI sequencesBACKGROUND DATAMR findingsSpondylolisthesisResonance imagingCorresponding radiographsSubtle instabilityRelative incidence