2018
Does Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus Increase the Risk of Postoperative Infections After Elective Spine Surgery: Do Most Infections Occur in Carriers?
Adogwa O, Vuong VD, Elsamadicy AA, Lilly DT, Desai SA, Khalid S, Cheng J, Bagley CA. Does Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus Increase the Risk of Postoperative Infections After Elective Spine Surgery: Do Most Infections Occur in Carriers? World Neurosurgery 2018, 116: e519-e524. PMID: 29772370, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical site infectionElective spine surgeryWound infectionNasal colonizationSite infectionSpine surgeryCases of SSIPost-operative surgical site infectionDirect medical record reviewAdult spinal deformity surgeryProspective multi-institutional studyLocal vancomycin powderPostoperative wound infectionDeep wound infectionHistory of diabetesMajority of patientsMedical record reviewDay of surgeryBody mass indexStandard deviation agePost-operative infectionSpinal deformity surgeryMulti-institutional studyBaseline characteristicsNasal carriage
2017
Independent Association Between Preoperative Cognitive Status and Discharge Location After Surgery: A Strategy to Reduce Resource Use After Surgery for Deformity
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Sergesketter A, Vuong VD, Moreno J, Cheng J, Karikari IO, Bagley CA. Independent Association Between Preoperative Cognitive Status and Discharge Location After Surgery: A Strategy to Reduce Resource Use After Surgery for Deformity. World Neurosurgery 2017, 110: e67-e72. PMID: 29081391, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal cognitive statusCognitive impairmentCognitive statusOlder patientsSLUMS scorePreoperative cognitive impairmentElective spinal surgeryPreoperative cognitive statusStandard deviation ageAdult degenerative scoliosisBaseline cognitive impairmentSevere cognitive impairmentMental status testsMild cognitive impairmentPostoperative lengthPreoperative scoresDeviation ageGeriatric patientsDegenerative scoliosisIndependent associationSpinal surgeryDeformity correctionPatientsSurgeryCognitive screening
2016
Race as an Independent Predictor of Temporal Delay in Time to Diagnosis and Treatment in Patients with Cervical Stenosis: A Study of 133 Patients with Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Elsamadicy AA, Adogwa O, Fialkoff J, Mehta AI, Vasquez RA, Cheng J, Bagley CA, Karikari IO. Race as an Independent Predictor of Temporal Delay in Time to Diagnosis and Treatment in Patients with Cervical Stenosis: A Study of 133 Patients with Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. World Neurosurgery 2016, 96: 107-110. PMID: 27567581, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.08.070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedAnxietyBlack or African AmericanCervical VertebraeDecompression, SurgicalDelayed DiagnosisDepressionDiskectomyEthnicityFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSex FactorsSpinal FusionSpinal StenosisTime-to-TreatmentWhite PeopleConceptsAnterior cervical discectomyVisual analog scaleCervical stenosisIndependent predictorsCervical discectomyPatient demographicsMultivariate analysisElective anterior cervical discectomyVAS neck pain scoresPatient-reported outcome measuresSignificant cervical stenosisSymptomatic cervical stenosisVAS neck painIndependent risk factorPostoperative complication rateWorse postoperative outcomesBody mass indexStandard deviation ageMajor academic medical centerHistory of depressionAcademic medical centerPreoperative painNeurological sequelaePain scoresPostoperative outcomes