2022
Underweight patients are the highest risk body mass index group for perioperative adverse events following stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion
Ottesen TD, Galivanche AR, Greene JD, Malpani R, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Underweight patients are the highest risk body mass index group for perioperative adverse events following stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion. The Spine Journal 2022, 22: 1139-1148. PMID: 35231643, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.02.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseAnterior lumbar interbody fusionObese class 1Improvement Program databaseClass 2 patientsAdverse eventsUnderweight patientsBMI categoriesAdverse outcomesBMI spectrumInterbody fusionProgram databaseTwo-level anterior lumbar interbody fusionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisThirty-day adverse eventsWorld Health Organization categoriesBody mass index groupsPostoperative adverse eventsRetrospective cohort studyPerioperative adverse eventsNormal-weight subjectsPost-operative infection
2020
Underweight patients are an often under looked “At risk” population after undergoing posterior cervical spine surgery
Ottesen TD, Bagi PS, Malpani R, Galivanche AR, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Underweight patients are an often under looked “At risk” population after undergoing posterior cervical spine surgery. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2020, 5: 100041. PMID: 35141608, PMCID: PMC8820029, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2020.100041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexPosterior cervical spine surgeryCervical spine surgeryAdverse eventsBMI categoriesBMI spectrumSpine surgeryNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseRisk-adjusted multivariate regressionsQuality Improvement Program databaseHigher body mass indexLower body mass indexOutcomes of patientsImprovement Program databaseNormal-weight subjectsCategory of patientsSpine surgery outcomesUnderweight patientsPatient demographicsBMI groupsMass indexAdverse outcomesSurgery outcomesProgram databaseInclusion criteria