2021
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey response rates are significantly affected by patient characteristics and postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty
Mercier MR, Galivanche AR, David WB, Malpani R, Pathak N, Hilibrand AS, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey response rates are significantly affected by patient characteristics and postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0257555. PMID: 34582475, PMCID: PMC8478166, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee arthroplastyPrimary total knee arthroplastyHospital Consumer AssessmentPostoperative outcomesPatient characteristicsHCAHPS survey resultsHCAHPS surveySurvey response rateKnee arthroplastyResponse rateHealthcare providersConsumer AssessmentHigher American SocietyMultivariate regression analysisAnesthesia scorePostoperative variablesTKA patientsAdult patientsPrimary outcomePatient factorsSurgical variablesPatient populationPatient satisfactionSingle institutionHospital experience
2020
Use of intraoperative navigation for posterior spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery is safe to consider
Moore HG, Samuel AM, Burroughs PJ, Pathak N, Tuason DA, Grauer JN. Use of intraoperative navigation for posterior spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery is safe to consider. Spine Deformity 2020, 9: 403-410. PMID: 33025389, DOI: 10.1007/s43390-020-00218-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentChildHumansKyphosisOperative TimeScoliosisSpinal FusionSurgical Navigation SystemsTreatment OutcomeConceptsAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisNon-navigated patientsPerioperative adverse outcomesPosterior spinal fusionUse of navigationPosterior fusionAdverse outcomesSpinal fusionShort-term adverse eventsPost-operative hospital stayAdolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgeryStereotactic navigationNon-navigated casesNSQIP-Pediatric databaseThirty-day outcomesYear of procedureLonger operative timeIdiopathic scoliosis surgeryLength of stayIntraoperative navigationNational pediatric databaseHospital stayPerioperative outcomesAdverse eventsPediatric patients
2019
Admission NarxCare Narcotics Scores are not Associated With Adverse Surgical Outcomes or Self-reported Patient Satisfaction Following Elective Spine Surgery.
Galivanche AR, Mercier MR, Adrados M, Pathak N, McLynn RP, Anandasivam NS, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Admission NarxCare Narcotics Scores are not Associated With Adverse Surgical Outcomes or Self-reported Patient Satisfaction Following Elective Spine Surgery. Spine 2019, 44: 1515-1522. PMID: 31356498, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000003120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultivariate logistic regressionPatient satisfactionAdverse eventsNarcotic scoreSurvey response rateSpine surgeryResponse rateLogistic regressionSelf-reported patient satisfactionElective spine surgeryPreoperative opioid usePostoperative patient satisfactionTime of admissionAdverse surgical outcomesSpine surgery casesHospital Consumer AssessmentHCAHPS survey resultsDifferent narcoticsNarcotic usagePerioperative outcomesNarcotic utilizationOpioid usePatient characteristicsPostoperative outcomesNarcotic groupSurgical Treatment of Septic Shoulders: A Comparison Between Arthrotomy and Arthroscopy
Bovonratwet P, Fu MC, Pathak N, Ondeck NT, Bohl DD, Nho SJ, Grauer JN. Surgical Treatment of Septic Shoulders: A Comparison Between Arthrotomy and Arthroscopy. Arthroscopy The Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery 2019, 35: 1984-1991. PMID: 31196694, DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2019.02.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatients' preoperative characteristicsRate of reoperationSeptic shoulderAdverse eventsPreoperative characteristicsPerioperative complicationsNative shoulderNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseNational patient populationMinor adverse eventsSerious adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseRisk of reoperationRetrospective comparative studyLength of staySignificant differencesUnderwent irrigationPostoperative complicationsPatient characteristicsSurgical groupSurgical treatmentSeptic arthritisOperative timePatient population