2022
Demographic and economic trends in vertebral fracture surgeries throughout the United States
Beschloss AM, Taghlabi KM, Rodriguez DA, Lee N, Gupta S, Bondar K, Lombardi JM, Varthi A, Faraji A, Saifi C. Demographic and economic trends in vertebral fracture surgeries throughout the United States. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2022, 12: 100175. PMID: 36281323, PMCID: PMC9587355, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2022.100175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFracture surgeryNational Inpatient SampleVertebral fracturesHospital costsRelevant public health concernHealth care utilizationHigh-impact traumaRate of fracturesPublic health concernValue-based careInpatient mortalityPatient ageSurgical treatmentCare utilizationHospital chargesMean ageInpatient SampleInsurance typeMortality rateSurgeryDemographic dataSuch fracturesMore surgeonsUnderlying causeHealth concern
2013
Osteonecrosis of the Knee — Which Joint Preservation Procedures Work?
Lieberman JR, Varthi AG, Polkowski GG. Osteonecrosis of the Knee — Which Joint Preservation Procedures Work? The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2013, 29: 52-56. PMID: 23725928, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.04.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-center randomized trialsAdditional surgical treatmentJoint preservation proceduresCore decompressionSurgical treatmentAdditional surgeryRandomized trialsInclusion criteriaSystematic reviewKnee jointOsteochondral graftsKneePreservation proceduresOsteonecrosisFailure rateBest procedurePatientsSurgeryGraftDiseaseTrialsDecompression