2022
Jump in Elective Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Numbers at Age 65 Years: Evidence for Moral Hazard?
Rankin KA, Freedman IG, Moore HG, Halperin SJ, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Jump in Elective Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Numbers at Age 65 Years: Evidence for Moral Hazard? JAAOS Global Research And Reviews 2022, 6: e22.00035. PMID: 35315795, PMCID: PMC8942773, DOI: 10.5435/jaaosglobal-d-22-00035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee arthroplastyTotal hip arthroplastyAge 65 yearsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseIncidence of TKAElective total knee arthroplastyQuality Improvement Program databaseLower body mass indexElective total hipPostoperative adverse eventsPreoperative American SocietyImprovement Program databaseLower functional statusBody mass indexNon-Hispanic whitesNumber of proceduresAnesthesiologists classPreoperative characteristicsOlder patientsAdverse eventsTHA patientsMass indexTotal hipFunctional statusKnee arthroplasty
2019
The Use of Older Versus Newer Data in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database Influences the Results of Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes Studies
Shultz BN, Galivanche AR, Ottesen TD, Bovonratwet P, Grauer JN. The Use of Older Versus Newer Data in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database Influences the Results of Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes Studies. JAAOS Global Research And Reviews 2019, 3: e19.00108. PMID: 31773075, PMCID: PMC6855500, DOI: 10.5435/jaaosglobal-d-19-00108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLength of stayUrinary tract infectionPerioperative outcomesTHA patientsPreoperative characteristicsTract infectionsERA groupDeep vein thrombosis/thrombophlebitisNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseArthroplasty outcome studiesImprovement Program databaseMultivariate Poisson regressionNSQIP data setsUnplanned reintubationBlood transfusionNSQIP dataNSQIP variablesProgram databaseOutcome studiesArthroplasty studiesMultivariate analysisPoisson regressionDemographic dataPatientsSurgical 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
2018
Evaluating the effect of growing patient numbers and changing data elements in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database over the years: a study of posterior lumbar fusion outcomes
Shultz BN, Bovonratwet P, Ondeck NT, Ottesen TD, McLynn RP, Grauer JN. Evaluating the effect of growing patient numbers and changing data elements in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database over the years: a study of posterior lumbar fusion outcomes. The Spine Journal 2018, 18: 1982-1988. PMID: 29649610, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.03.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNSQIP databaseERA groupPreoperative characteristicsPostoperative outcomesBlood transfusionSeptic shockOutcome studiesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramQuality Improvement Program databaseSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramPosterior lumbar fusion surgeryLumbar fusion outcomesRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databaseYear of surgeryDeep vein thrombosisUrinary tract infectionLumbar fusion surgeryPostoperative day 30Number of patientsMultivariate Poisson regressionQuality Improvement ProgramPerioperative outcomes