2017
Effect of Social Support and Marital Status on Perceived Surgical Effectiveness and 30-Day Hospital Readmission
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Vuong VD, Mehta AI, Vasquez RA, Cheng J, Bagley CA, Karikari IO. Effect of Social Support and Marital Status on Perceived Surgical Effectiveness and 30-Day Hospital Readmission. Global Spine Journal 2017, 7: 774-779. PMID: 29238642, PMCID: PMC5721993, DOI: 10.1177/2192568217696696.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElective spine surgerySpine surgeryHospital stayReadmission ratesOutcome measuresLong-term clinical outcomesThirty-day readmission ratesLength of hospitalPostoperative complication rateRetrospective cohort reviewTime of surgeryMarital statusSocial supportMajor academic medical centerAcademic medical centerSignificant differencesBaseline characteristicsCohort reviewPatient demographicsComplication rateHospital readmissionClinical outcomesSurgical outcomesSurgical effectivenessMedical records
2016
Do measures of surgical effectiveness at 1 year after lumbar spine surgery accurately predict 2-year outcomes?
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Han JL, Cheng J, Karikari I, Bagley CA. Do measures of surgical effectiveness at 1 year after lumbar spine surgery accurately predict 2-year outcomes? Journal Of Neurosurgery Spine 2016, 25: 689-696. PMID: 26722957, DOI: 10.3171/2015.8.spine15476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionLumbar spine surgeryAnterior lumbar interbody fusionLong-term outcomesLateral interbody fusionLumbar interbody fusionSpine surgeryInterbody fusionSurgical effectivenessOutcome measuresSF-36 physical component summary scorePhysical component summary scoreLongitudinal assessmentPatient-reported outcome instrumentsAchievement of MCIDMultiinstitutional prospective studyVAS leg painComponent summary scoresClinical outcome dataPatient-centered measuresLogistic regression modelingIneffective patient careInstitutional registryOutcomes RegistrySF-36