Maxwell Laurans, MD, MBA, FAANS
Assistant Professor of NeurosurgeryCards
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Research
Publications
2023
Lumbar Laminotomy: Variables Affecting 90-day Overall Reimbursement
Halperin S, Dhodapkar M, Gouzoulis M, Laurans M, Varthi A, Grauer J. Lumbar Laminotomy: Variables Affecting 90-day Overall Reimbursement. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2023, 32: 265-270. PMID: 38064482, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-23-00365.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostoperative adverse eventsAdverse eventsInsurance typePostoperative emergency department visitsPostoperative emergency departmentEmergency department visitsElixhauser Comorbidity IndexMultivariable linear regression modelsMultivariable linear regressionHealthcare deliveryIndications of traumaPostoperative readmissionsComorbidity indexInfectious diagnosisConservative treatmentPerioperative dataDepartment visitsEmergency departmentOutpatient surgeryLarge cohortSpinal proceduresExclusion criteriaDiskectomyOverall reimbursementCommon procedureImpact of COVID-19 on the gastrointestinal surgical oncology patient population
Bakkila B, Marks V, Kerekes D, Kunstman J, Salem R, Billingsley K, Ahuja N, Laurans M, Olino K, Khan S. Impact of COVID-19 on the gastrointestinal surgical oncology patient population. Heliyon 2023, 9: e18459. PMID: 37534012, PMCID: PMC10391949, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGI cancer surgeryPreoperative chemotherapyCancer surgerySurgical careCOVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19Tertiary referral centerOncology patient populationFirst COVID-19 waveGI cancer casesCOVID-19 burdenHigh COVID-19 burdenEmergency surgeryReferral centerCOVID-19 waveOncology visitsGastrointestinal cancerGI cancersPatient populationStudy criteriaCancer careTreatment characteristicsCancer casesCase volumePatients
2022
Use of droxidopa for blood pressure augmentation after acute spinal cord injury: case reports
Hong C, Effendi M, Ammar A, Owusu K, Ammar M, Koo A, Lamsam L, Elsamadicy A, Kuzmik G, Laurans M, DiLuna M, Landreneau M. Use of droxidopa for blood pressure augmentation after acute spinal cord injury: case reports. Acute And Critical Care 2022 PMID: 36973892, DOI: 10.4266/acc.2021.01662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute spinal cord injurySpinal cord injuryEnteral therapyReflex bradycardiaPacemaker placementCord injuryTraumatic cervical spinal cord injuryIntensive care unit admissionCervical spinal cord injuryBlood pressure augmentationDual oral therapyCare unit admissionNeurogenic orthostatic hypotensionIntensive care unitIntravenous vasopressorsReflexive bradycardiaUnit admissionAutonomic dysfunctionNeurologic outcomeOrthostatic hypotensionOral therapyCommon complicationSevere bradycardiaTreatment initiationCare unitHow I Learned is How I Teach – Perspectives on How Faculty Surgeons Approach Informed Consent Education
White EM, Esposito AC, Kurbatov V, Wang X, Caty MG, Laurans M, Yoo PS. How I Learned is How I Teach – Perspectives on How Faculty Surgeons Approach Informed Consent Education. Journal Of Surgical Education 2022, 79: e181-e193. PMID: 36253332, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInformed consentDepartment of SurgeryHealth care systemKruskal-Wallis testingTeaching hospitalCritical careGeneral surgeonsClinical practiceSurgeon demographicsCare systemSurgeonsChi-squarePrivate practiceResident competencySignificant heterogeneityPatientsFaculty surgeonsAttendingsConsentClinical facultyDemographicsSpecialtiesExperiences residentsResidentsHigh levels356 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 LOSHospital Frailty Risk Score and healthcare resource utilization after surgery for metastatic spinal column tumors.
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Pennington Z, Yu J, Goodwin CR, Kolb L, Laurans M, Lo SL, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Hospital Frailty Risk Score and healthcare resource utilization after surgery for metastatic spinal column tumors. Journal Of Neurosurgery Spine 2022, 37: 241-251. PMID: 35148505, DOI: 10.3171/2022.1.spine21987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Frailty Risk ScoreLength of staySpinal column tumorsFrailty Risk ScoreNonroutine dischargeHospital admissionHigh frailtyIntermediate frailtyDischarge dispositionSpinal tumorsLower frailtyDiagnostic codesRisk scoreHigher total hospital costsMean LOSNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisICD-10 diagnostic codesImpact of frailtyRetrospective cohort studyHealthcare resource utilizationProportion of patientsTotal hospital costsProcedural Coding SystemLogistic regression analysisHospital Frailty Risk Score and Healthcare Resource Utilization After Surgery for Primary Spinal Intradural/Cord Tumors
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Pennington Z, Sarkozy M, Hersh A, Havlik J, Sherman JJZ, Goodwin CR, Kolb L, Laurans M, Lo S, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Hospital Frailty Risk Score and Healthcare Resource Utilization After Surgery for Primary Spinal Intradural/Cord Tumors. Global Spine Journal 2022, 13: 2074-2084. PMID: 35016582, PMCID: PMC10556884, DOI: 10.1177/21925682211069937.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Frailty Risk ScoreNon-routine dischargeFrailty Risk ScoreImpact of frailtyCost of admissionDischarge dispositionFrail cohortPrimary tumorSpinal cordRisk scoreNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyHealthcare resource utilizationLength of stayPrimary spinal tumorsGreater mean costICD-10 codesICD-10-CM codesLarge national datasetPerioperative complicationsPostoperative complicationsAdult patientsCohort studyLonger LOSPatient characteristicsGeographic variations in health care resource utilization following elective ACDF for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A national trend analysis
Koo AB, Elsamadicy AA, Sarkozy M, Pathak N, David WB, Freedman IG, Reeves BC, Sciubba DM, Laurans M, Kolb L. Geographic variations in health care resource utilization following elective ACDF for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A national trend analysis. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2022, 9: 100099. PMID: 35141663, PMCID: PMC8819911, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2022.100099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spondylotic myelopathyLength of stayElective ACDFSpondylotic myelopathyAdult patientsPatient demographicsComplication rateRegional cohortElective anterior cervical discectomyHealth care resource utilizationNational Inpatient Sample databaseAnterior cervical discectomyMean total costHousehold income quartileHealth care deliveryHealth care expendituresNonroutine dischargePerioperative complicationsCervical discectomyDischarge dispositionFemale patientsElixhauser comorbiditiesSurgery variesPrimary diagnosisHospital costs
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
Clinical Care
Overview
Maxwell Laurans, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Yale Medicine who specializes in spine tumors and degenerative spine conditions. He begins each patient interaction by asking in-depth questions about symptoms, complaints and patient history to figure out the source of the problem. Dr. Laurans believes in taking his time to get to know his patients, who might require several visits.
In addition to understanding his patients’ conditions, Dr. Laurans works with his patients to define their personal goals, which he uses to develop a treatment plan that is more minimally invasive and maximally effective for the situation. “When people focus on something important to them, it allows them to take those next steps and to recover from their operations,” he says.
For Dr. Laurans, spine surgery is not just a procedure, it’s a passion, one that he identified early in medical school. “I love the excitement of discovering a new problem, identifying the issue, trying to design and execute the best intervention possible, and then, in the long run, helping people recover from that intervention to become more mobile, healthy, and able to enjoy their lives afterwards,” he says.
Clinical Specialties
Spine Surgery; Neurosurgery
Fact Sheets
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Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery
- Certification Organization
- AB of Neurological Surgery
- Original Certification Date
- 2015
Yale Medicine News
News & Links
News
- October 01, 2018
CTBTA Path of Hope Event Honors Yale Neurosurgeon Joe Piepmeier, MD With a Lifetime Achievement Award for his Dedication to Treating Patients with Brain Tumors
- November 29, 2015
The Yale Department of Neurosurgery wishes to congratulate Drs. Michael DiLuna and Maxwell Laurans
- August 11, 2015
Clinical Immersion Program Marks One Year of Success
- February 28, 2013
Spine Center lets patients in pain get back on track