2024
167 Association Between Safety-net Hospital Status and Postoperative Outcomes Following ACDF or PCDF for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Elsamadicy A, Sayeed S, Craft S, Sherman J, Reeves B, Koo A, Khalid S, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. 167 Association Between Safety-net Hospital Status and Postoperative Outcomes Following ACDF or PCDF for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Neurosurgery 2024, 70: 40-40. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002809_167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spondylotic myelopathyNon-routine dischargeSafety-net hospital statusSafety-net hospitalACDF cohortSpondylotic myelopathyPostoperative outcomesAdverse eventsMultivariate analysisPosterior cervical decompressionAnterior cervical discectomyImpact postoperative outcomesProportion of patientsNational Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyPredictors of prolonged LOSInpatient Sample databaseNon-SNHsElective ACDFCervical decompressionCervical discectomyStudy patientsIndependent predictorsAdult patientsACDF
2020
Patient Risk Factors Associated With 30- and 90-Day Readmission After Cervical Discectomy
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, Lee M, Freedman IG, David WB, Kundishora AJ, Gorrepati R, Kuzmik GA, Camara-Quintana J, Qureshi T, Kolb L, Laurans M, Abbed K. Patient Risk Factors Associated With 30- and 90-Day Readmission After Cervical Discectomy. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2020, 33: e434-e441. PMID: 32568863, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000001030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical disc arthroplastyLarge hospital bed sizeRetrospective cohort studyHospital bed sizeRisk factorsIndex admissionUnplanned readmissionCohort studyReadmission ratesAnterior cervical spine proceduresPatient-related risk factorsPatient-level risk factorsAnterior cervical decompressionCervical disc pathologyNationwide Readmissions DatabaseRate of readmissionCervical spine proceduresPatient risk factorsMultivariate regression analysisBed sizeCervical decompressionInitial hospitalizationCervical discectomyGenitourinary complicationsNinth Revision