2024
Association of Malnutrition with Surgical and Hospital Outcomes after Spine Surgery for Spinal Metastases: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Study of 1613 Patients
Elsamadicy A, Havlik J, Reeves B, Sherman J, Craft S, Serrato P, Sayeed S, Koo A, Khalid S, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. Association of Malnutrition with Surgical and Hospital Outcomes after Spine Surgery for Spinal Metastases: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Study of 1613 Patients. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2024, 13: 1542. PMID: 38541767, PMCID: PMC10971134, DOI: 10.3390/jcm13061542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-routine dischargeLength of stayImpact of malnutritionSpinal metastasesAdverse eventsMalnourished patientsNourished patientsSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSurgical treatment of spinal metastasesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseTreatment of spinal metastasesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program studyQuality Improvement Program databaseRisk of postoperative complicationsMultivariate logistic regression analysisMetastatic spinal diseaseHospital length of stayProlonged length of stayAssociation of malnutritionRetrospective cohort studyPostoperative adverse eventsHealthcare resource utilizationAssessed patient demographicsExtradural spinal metastasisBaseline comorbidity burden
2022
356 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 LOS
2021
Effects of preoperative nutritional status on complications and readmissions after posterior lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis: A propensity-score analysis
Elsamadicy AA, Havlik J, Reeves BC, Koo AB, Sherman J, Lo SL, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Effects of preoperative nutritional status on complications and readmissions after posterior lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis: A propensity-score analysis. Clinical Neurology And Neurosurgery 2021, 211: 107017. PMID: 34781222, DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.107017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnplanned readmissionAdverse eventsSpine surgerySurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseOccurrence of AEsPreoperative serum albumin levelQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisPosterior lumbar decompressionPreoperative nutritional statusHigh rateImprovement Program databaseRetrospective cohort studySerum albumin levelSignificant independent predictorsEffects of malnutritionLogistic regression analysisPropensity score analysisPropensity-score matchingMalnourished cohortMalnourished patientsPerioperative complicationsPostoperative complicationsLumbar decompressionPatient- 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