2020
Incidence, predictors, and timing of post-operative stroke following elective total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty
Haynes MS, Alder KD, Bellamkonda K, Kuzomunhu L, Grauer JN. Incidence, predictors, and timing of post-operative stroke following elective total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0239239. PMID: 32941539, PMCID: PMC7498016, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee arthroplastyTotal hip arthroplastyIndependent risk factorPostoperative day twoPostoperative strokeKnee arthroplastyRisk factorsHip arthroplastyElective primary total hip arthroplastyTHA/TKANational Surgical Quality Improvement databaseElective total hip arthroplastyDay twoPrimary total hip arthroplastyPostoperative day ninePost-operative strokeTiming of strokeHigher American SocietyIncidence of strokePostoperative day oneMajority of strokesQuality improvement databaseRetrospective comparative studyAnesthesiologists (ASA) scoreCouncil patients
2018
Systematic Changes in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database Over the Years Can Affect Comorbidity Indices Such as the Modified Frailty Index and Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index for Lumbar Fusion Studies
Shultz BN, Ottesen TD, Ondeck NT, Bovonratwet P, McLynn RP, Cui JJ, Grauer JN. Systematic Changes in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database Over the Years Can Affect Comorbidity Indices Such as the Modified Frailty Index and Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index for Lumbar Fusion Studies. Spine 2018, 43: 798-804. PMID: 28922281, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseCharlson Comorbidity IndexImprovement Program databaseComorbidity indexFrailty indexNSQIP databaseProgram databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseElective posterior lumbar fusionModified Charlson Comorbidity IndexModified Frailty IndexAdverse postoperative outcomesRetrospective cohort studyMean American SocietyMean ASA scorePosterior lumbar fusionAnesthesiologists (ASA) scoreASA scoreCohort studyPostoperative outcomesLumbar fusionBACKGROUND DATAAmerican CollegePatientsAseptic revision total hip arthroplasty in the elderly : quantifying the risks for patients over 80 years old.
Bovonratwet P, Malpani R, Ottesen TD, Tyagi V, Ondeck NT, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Aseptic revision total hip arthroplasty in the elderly : quantifying the risks for patients over 80 years old. The Bone & Joint Journal 2018, 100-B: 143-151. PMID: 29437055, DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.100b2.bjj-2017-0895.r1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAseptic revision total hip arthroplastyRevision total hip arthroplastyTotal hip arthroplastySerious adverse eventsAdverse eventsRisk factorsProcedural characteristicsHip arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseImprovement Program databaseIndependent risk factorUrinary tract infectionMultivariate regression analysisAnesthesiologists (ASA) scoreMedical optimizationPerioperative complicationsPerioperative mortalityPostoperative complicationsTract infectionsYounger patientsBlood transfusionGeneral anesthesiaVulnerable patientsBone Joint
2016
Perioperative Outcomes After Cervical Laminoplasty Versus Posterior Decompression and Fusion
Varthi AG, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Golinvaux NS, Grauer JN. Perioperative Outcomes After Cervical Laminoplasty Versus Posterior Decompression and Fusion. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2016, 29: e226-e232. PMID: 25310393, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000000183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultilevel cervical pathologyBaseline patient characteristicsCervical laminoplastyShort-term outcomesPosterior decompressionLaminoplasty patientsFusion patientsCervical decompressionAdverse eventsPatient characteristicsCervical pathologySurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databasePropensity-adjusted multivariate analysisQuality Improvement Program databaseWorse short-term outcomesCharlson Comorbidity IndexPosterior cervical decompressionRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databaseLength of stayBivariate logistic regressionAnesthesiologists (ASA) scoreComorbidity indexPerioperative outcomes