2020
Perioperative Outcomes in 17,947 Patients Undergoing 2-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus 1-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy for Treatment of Cervical Degenerative Conditions: A Propensity Score Matched National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis
Galivanche AR, Gala R, Bagi PS, Boylan AJ, Dussik CM, Coutinho PD, Grauer JN, Varthi AG. Perioperative Outcomes in 17,947 Patients Undergoing 2-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus 1-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy for Treatment of Cervical Degenerative Conditions: A Propensity Score Matched National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis. Neurospine 2020, 17: 871-878. PMID: 33401865, PMCID: PMC7788425, DOI: 10.14245/ns.2040134.067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexCervical degenerative conditionsAnterior cervical corpectomyAnterior cervical discectomyOperative timeFunctional statusCervical corpectomyAdverse eventsCervical discectomyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysisNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseDegenerative conditionsQuality Improvement Program databasePropensity scoreMultivariate logistic regression analysisAnesthesiologists physical status classificationMinor adverse eventsSerious adverse eventsImprovement Program databasePhysical status classificationShorter operative timeHigher functional statusMultivariate logistic regressionLogistic regression analysisASA PS classification
2017
Similar 30-Day Complications for Septic Knee Arthritis Treated With Arthrotomy or Arthroscopy: An American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis
Bovonratwet P, Nelson SJ, Bellamkonda K, Ondeck NT, Shultz BN, Medvecky MJ, Grauer JN. Similar 30-Day Complications for Septic Knee Arthritis Treated With Arthrotomy or Arthroscopy: An American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis. Arthroscopy The Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery 2017, 34: 213-219. PMID: 28866341, DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2017.06.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgery treatment groupPerioperative complicationsSeptic kneeAdverse eventsTreatment groupsTreatment modalitiesOpen arthrotomyAmerican CollegeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysisNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysisSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramMultivariate analysisSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramOperating roomSeptic knee arthritisSimilar perioperative complicationsMinor adverse eventsRate of readmissionSerious adverse eventsRetrospective comparative studyNSQIP data setsSignificant differencesQuality Improvement ProgramPatient demographics