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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' 2018 Removal of Total Knee Arthroplasty From the Inpatient-only List Led to Broad Changes in Hospital Length of Stays
Rankin KA, Freedman IG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' 2018 Removal of Total Knee Arthroplasty From the Inpatient-only List Led to Broad Changes in Hospital Length of Stays. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2021, 29: 1061-1067. PMID: 33960970, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-20-01228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee arthroplastyHospital lengthKnee arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseMedicare eligibilityCategorical data comparisonsOverall practice patternsRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databaseSame dayRemoval of TKAPearson's chi-squared testChi-squared testMann-Whitney testLOS daysProlonged LOSMost patientsTKA patientsCohort studyMore patientsPractice patternsPatient characterizationProgram databaseActual LOS
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Long-term Corticosteroid Use Independently Correlates With Complications After Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery.
Kebaish KJ, Galivanche AR, Varthi AG, Ottesen TD, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Long-term Corticosteroid Use Independently Correlates With Complications After Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery. Orthopedics 2021, 44: 172-179. PMID: 34039214, DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20210416-01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term corticosteroid usePosterior lumbar spine surgeryPosterior lumbar surgeryLumbar spine surgeryPerioperative adverse outcomesCorticosteroid useAdverse eventsLumbar surgerySpine surgeryPropensity matchingAdverse outcomesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseMinor adverse eventsEffect of immunosuppressionImprovement Program databaseLong-term corticosteroidsSerious adverse eventsBody mass indexMultiple surgical specialtiesAnesthesiologists classComparable patientsPerioperative outcomesSurgical factorsMore patients