2022
Assessment of Frailty Indices and Charlson Comorbidity Index for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Spine Metastases: A National Database Analysis
Elsamadicy AA, Havlik JL, Reeves B, Sherman J, Koo AB, Pennington Z, Hersh AM, Sandhu MRS, Kolb L, Larry Lo SF, Shin JH, Mendel E, Sciubba DM. Assessment of Frailty Indices and Charlson Comorbidity Index for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Spine Metastases: A National Database Analysis. World Neurosurgery 2022, 164: e1058-e1070. PMID: 35644519, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.05.101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic spinal tumor frailty indexCharlson Comorbidity IndexFrailty indexMFI-5Adverse outcomesNonroutine dischargeComorbidity indexUnplanned readmissionAdverse eventsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseHigher Charlson comorbidity indexQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisPredicting Adverse OutcomesRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databaseNational database analysisLength of stayLogistic regression analysisExtradural spinal metastasisOnly significant predictorAdult patientsCohort studyProlonged lengthIndependent predictors356 Patient-and-Hospital-Related Risk Factors for Non-Routine Discharge After Lumbar Decompression and Fusion for Spondylolisthesis
Elsamadicy A, Freedman I, Koo A, David W, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Hersh A, Pennington Z, Kolb L, Laurans M, Shin J, Sciubba D. 356 Patient-and-Hospital-Related Risk Factors for Non-Routine Discharge After Lumbar Decompression and Fusion for Spondylolisthesis. Neurosurgery 2022, 68: 84-84. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001880_356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-routine dischargeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNon-Hispanic black race/ethnicityQuality Improvement Program databaseICD-9-CM diagnosisBlack race/ethnicityMultivariate logistic regression modelDependent functional statusImprovement Program databaseRetrospective cohort studyProcedural Coding SystemQuality of careMultivariate regression analysisPaucity of dataLogistic regression modelsRace/ethnicityUnplanned readmissionCohort studyDischarge dispositionReadmission ratesAdult patientsAdverse eventsIndependent predictorsLonger LOS464 Hospital Frailty Risk Score and Healthcare Resource Utilization After Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumors
Elsamadicy A, Koo A, Reeves B, Pennington Z, Yu J, Goodwin C, Kolb L, Laurans M, Lo S, Shin J, Sciubba D. 464 Hospital Frailty Risk Score and Healthcare Resource Utilization After Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumors. Neurosurgery 2022, 68: 113-113. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001880_464.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Frailty Risk ScoreNon-routine dischargeFrailty Risk ScoreSpinal column tumorsPatient populationRisk scoreLarge national database studyNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisICD-10 diagnostic codesProlonged hospital LOSImpact of frailtyNational database studyHealthcare resource utilizationRetrospective cohort studyTotal hospital costsProcedural Coding SystemLogistic regression analysisRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisHospital LOSCohort studyHospital admissionIndependent predictorsLonger LOSDifferences in Health Care Resource Utilization After Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumors in Patients with a Concurrent Affective Disorder in the United States
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, Sarkozy M, Reeves BC, Pennington Z, Havlik J, Sandhu MR, Hersh A, Patel S, Kolb L, Larry Lo SF, Shin JH, Mendel E, Sciubba DM. Differences in Health Care Resource Utilization After Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumors in Patients with a Concurrent Affective Disorder in the United States. World Neurosurgery 2022, 161: e252-e267. PMID: 35123021, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.01.112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayHealth care resource utilizationPostoperative adverse eventsNonroutine dischargeAdverse eventsAffective disordersNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisSpinal column metastasesRetrospective cohort studyMetastatic spinal tumorsSpinal column tumorsLogistic regression analysisConcurrent affective disorderGreater total costsRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisAdult patientsCohort studyDischarge dispositionIntraoperative variablesPatient demographicsHospital admissionIndependent predictorsSpinal metastases
2021
Patient- and hospital-related risk factors for non-routine discharge after lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis
Elsamadicy AA, Freedman IG, Koo AB, David W, Hengartner AC, Havlik J, Reeves BC, Hersh A, Pennington Z, Kolb L, Laurans M, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Patient- and hospital-related risk factors for non-routine discharge after lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis. Clinical Neurology And Neurosurgery 2021, 209: 106902. PMID: 34481141, DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-routine dischargeDependent functional statusAdverse eventsIndependent predictorsUnplanned readmissionLonger LOSSpinal decompressionLumbar spondylolisthesisFemale sexFunctional statusSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNon-Hispanic black race/ethnicityHospital-related risk factorsQuality Improvement Program databaseNon-Hispanic black raceICD-9-CM diagnosisBlack race/ethnicityMultivariate logistic regression modelNon-home dischargeHospital-related factorsImprovement Program databaseRetrospective cohort studyLength of stayProcedural Coding System