2019
Safety of Outpatient Single-level Cervical Total Disc Replacement
Bovonratwet P, Fu MC, Tyagi V, Ondeck NT, Albert TJ, Grauer JN. Safety of Outpatient Single-level Cervical Total Disc Replacement. Spine 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30247372, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-level cervical total disc replacementCervical total disc replacementSingle-level ACDFPerioperative complicationsTotal disc replacementPerioperative outcomesOutpatient settingDisc replacementNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSingle-level anterior cervical discectomyQuality Improvement Program databasePropensity scoreRetrospective cohort comparison studyPatient baseline characteristicsAdverse event profileAnterior cervical discectomyImprovement Program databasePerioperative adverse eventsRate of readmissionLength of stayCohort comparison studyHospital stayAdverse eventsBaseline characteristicsCervical discectomy
2018
Total Disc Arthroplasty Versus Anterior Interbody Fusion in the Lumbar Spine Have Relatively a Few Differences in Readmission and Short-term Adverse Events
Shultz BN, Wilson AT, Ondeck NT, Bovonratwet P, McLynn RP, Cui JJ, Grauer JN. Total Disc Arthroplasty Versus Anterior Interbody Fusion in the Lumbar Spine Have Relatively a Few Differences in Readmission and Short-term Adverse Events. Spine 2018, 43: e52-e59. PMID: 28723873, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior lumbar interbody fusionTotal disc arthroplastyAdverse eventsBlood transfusionOperative timeInterbody fusionRisk factorsSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseShort-term adverse eventsQuality Improvement Program databaseShort-term clinical outcomesLong-term functional outcomeLumbar total disc arthroplastySerious adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseAnterior interbody fusionIndividual adverse eventsStand-alone Anterior Lumbar Interbody FusionGeneral health outcomesPotential risk factorsLumbar interbody fusionMultivariate Poisson regressionPerioperative outcomesPostoperative length