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 criteria
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