2024
Implications of surgical infection on surgical and hospital outcomes after spine surgery: A NSQIP study of 410,930 patients
Elsamadicy A, Serrato P, Sadeghzadeh S, Dietz N, Lo S, Sciubba D. Implications of surgical infection on surgical and hospital outcomes after spine surgery: A NSQIP study of 410,930 patients. Clinical Neurology And Neurosurgery 2024, 245: 108505. PMID: 39173491, DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2024.108505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExtended hospital length of stayNon-routine dischargeLength of staySurgical infectionsHospital length of stayExtended hospital lengthRetrospective cohort studySpine surgeryAdverse eventsStudy Design Retrospective cohort studyCohort studyPredictors of adverse eventsMultivariate logistic regression analysisRate of adverse eventsProlonged length of stayACS NSQIP databaseRisk of complicationsPostoperative adverse eventsHealthcare resource utilizationICD-9/10 codesLogistic regression analysisNon-home dischargeNSQIP studiesDesign Retrospective cohort studyMean BMI
2022
Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma
Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MRS, Freedman IG, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Yu J, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Hong CS, Rutherford HJV, Kim JA, Gerrard J, Gilmore EJ, Omay SB. Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma. World Neurosurgery 2022, 162: e251-e263. PMID: 35276399, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.02.122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute traumatic subdural hematomaTraumatic subdural hematomaHospital mortalityNonroutine dischargeSubdural hematomaExtended LOSIndependent predictorsAdult patientsBaseline frailtyMultivariate logistic regression analysisExtended hospital lengthImpact of frailtyRetrospective cohort studyNational Trauma DatabaseLogistic regression analysisRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisHealth care expendituresFrail patientsHospital lengthCohort studySurgical evacuationFrailty indexTrauma databasePatients