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
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 decompression
2016
Preoperative Nutritional Status is an Independent Predictor of 30-day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Mehta AI, Cheng J, Bagley CA, Karikari IO. Preoperative Nutritional Status is an Independent Predictor of 30-day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery. Spine 2016, 41: 1400-1404. PMID: 26953667, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001551.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective spine surgeryPreoperative serum albumin levelDays of dischargeIndependent risk factorSerum albumin levelHospital readmissionSpine surgeryRisk factorsReadmission ratesPreoperative malnutritionMalnourished patientsAlbumin levelsIndependent predictorsThirty-day hospital readmission ratesNutritional statusMultivariate logistic regression analysisPre-operative malnutritionPreoperative nutritional statusUnplanned hospital readmissionModifiable risk factorsPostoperative complication rateRetrospective cohort reviewHospital readmission ratesIdentification of patientsMajor academic medical center