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
2014
Short-Term Adverse Events, Length of Stay, and Readmission After Iliac Crest Bone Graft for Spinal Fusion
Gruskay JA, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Webb ML, Grauer JN. Short-Term Adverse Events, Length of Stay, and Readmission After Iliac Crest Bone Graft for Spinal Fusion. Spine 2014, 39: 1718-1724. PMID: 24979140, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000000476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIliac crest bone graftLength of stayPostoperative blood transfusionAdverse eventsCrest bone graftReadmission ratesBlood transfusionOperative timeSpinal fusionMultivariate analysisICBG cohortBone graftRetrospective cohort studyShort-term morbidityTerm adverse eventsShort-term outcomesBone graft harvestBivariate logistic regressionDonor site morbidityDatabase cohortCohort studySurgical dataSurgical timeGraft harvestBACKGROUND DATA