2024
Impact of Depression on Postoperative Medical and Surgical Outcomes in Spine Surgeries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Aghajanian S, Shafiee A, Athar M, Mohammadifard F, Goodarzi S, Esmailpur F, Elsamadicy A. Impact of Depression on Postoperative Medical and Surgical Outcomes in Spine Surgeries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2024, 13: 3247. PMID: 38892958, PMCID: PMC11172961, DOI: 10.3390/jcm13113247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-routine dischargeSpine surgerySurgical complicationsSurgical outcomesStatistically significant higher rateUrinary tract infectionSurgical site infectionDeep vein thrombosisLength of hospitalizationSystematic reviewNon-depressed controlsSignificantly higher ratesUrinary retentionPostoperative medicationTract infectionsPostoperative outcomesPulmonary embolismSite infectionSpinal surgeryVein thrombosisImpact of depressionPooled analysisDepressed patientsHematoma formationHospital length
2021
Race Is an Independent Predictor for Nonroutine Discharges After Spine Surgery for Spinal Intradural/Cord Tumors
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, David WB, Reeves BC, Freedman IG, Pennington Z, Ehresman J, Kolb L, Laurans M, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Race Is an Independent Predictor for Nonroutine Discharges After Spine Surgery for Spinal Intradural/Cord Tumors. World Neurosurgery 2021, 151: e707-e717. PMID: 33940256, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.04.085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonroutine discharge dispositionIndependent predictorsNonroutine dischargeDischarge dispositionCord tumorsAA raceSurgical interventionNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariable logistic regression analysisStepwise multivariable logistic regression analysisBackward stepwise multivariable logistic regression analysisAfrican AmericansPostoperative complication rateRetrospective cohort studyClinical Modification diagnosisLength of hospitalizationProcedural Coding SystemLogistic regression analysisHealth care costsRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisAA/BlackPostoperative complicationsCohort studyComplication rate