2025
296 Associated Risk Factors for Extended Length of Stay following Pediatric Tethered Cord Release: An Analysis of 2012 – 2021 NSQIP-Pediatric Database
Hengartner A, Sayeed S, Serrato P, Belkasim S, Sadeghzadeh S, Kundishora A, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. 296 Associated Risk Factors for Extended Length of Stay following Pediatric Tethered Cord Release: An Analysis of 2012 – 2021 NSQIP-Pediatric Database. Neurosurgery 2025, 71: 73-73. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000003360_296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNSQIP-Pediatric databaseTethered cord releaseSpinal cordRisk factorsCord releasePediatric patientsSurgical releaseACS NSQIP-Pediatric databaseFactors associated with prolonged hospitalizationMultivariate logistic regression analysisPostoperative hospital LOSTethered spinal cordCardiac risk factorsRetrospective cohort studyHealthcare resource utilizationAssociated risk factorsMultivariate logistic regressionICD-9/10 codesLogistic regression analysisReoperation ratePerioperative complicationsImprove patient outcomesASA classificationPatient demographicsProlonged hospitalization
2023
Influence of affective disorders on outcomes after suboccipital decompression for adult Chiari I malformation
Sherman J, Sayeed S, Craft S, Reeves B, Hengartner A, Fernandez T, Koo A, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. Influence of affective disorders on outcomes after suboccipital decompression for adult Chiari I malformation. Clinical Neurology And Neurosurgery 2023, 236: 108104. PMID: 38171050, DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2023.108104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthcare resource utilizationNon-routine dischargeLength of stayChiari I malformationAD cohortSuboccipital decompressionAffective disordersAdverse eventsPatient demographicsPostoperative eventsAdmission costsExtended LOSMean LOSNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisAdult Chiari I malformationIncidence of syringomyeliaPerioperative adverse eventsChronic pulmonary diseaseICD-10-CM codesGreater proportionLogistic regression analysisComorbid affective disordersAdult patientsIndependent predictors
2022
134 Racial Disparities in Healthcare Resource Utilization After Pediatric Cervical and/or Thoracic Spinal Injuries: Is it Black and White?
Elsamadicy A, Sandhu M, Freedman I, Koo A, Hengartner A, Reeves B, Havlik J, Sarkozy M, Kundishora A, Tuason D, DiLuna M. 134 Racial Disparities in Healthcare Resource Utilization After Pediatric Cervical and/or Thoracic Spinal Injuries: Is it Black and White? Neurosurgery 2022, 68: 39-39. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001880_134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthcare resource utilizationAfrican American patientsMultivariate regression analysisAfrican American cohortHospital complicationsHospital LOSComplication ratePediatric patientsSpinal traumaRacial disparitiesGreater prevalenceLogistic multivariate regression analysisLength of ICUOverall complication rateThoracic spine injuriesAfrican American raceDiagnosis coding systemRegression analysisThoracic spinal injuryPaucity of dataAfrican American/BlackUnited States healthcare systemICU LOSHospital stayInjury presentations
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