167 Association Between Safety-net Hospital Status and Postoperative Outcomes Following ACDF or PCDF for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Elsamadicy A, Sayeed S, Craft S, Sherman J, Reeves B, Koo A, Khalid S, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. 167 Association Between Safety-net Hospital Status and Postoperative Outcomes Following ACDF or PCDF for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Neurosurgery 2024, 70: 40-40. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002809_167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spondylotic myelopathyNon-routine dischargeSafety-net hospital statusSafety-net hospitalACDF cohortSpondylotic myelopathyPostoperative outcomesAdverse eventsMultivariate analysisPosterior cervical decompressionAnterior cervical discectomyImpact postoperative outcomesProportion of patientsNational Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyPredictors of prolonged LOSInpatient Sample databaseNon-SNHsElective ACDFCervical decompressionCervical discectomyStudy patientsIndependent predictorsAdult patientsACDFEndovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke After Cardiac Interventions in the United States
de Havenon A, Zhou L, Koo A, Matouk C, Falcone G, Sharma R, Ney J, Shu L, Yaghi S, Kamel H, Sheth K. Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke After Cardiac Interventions in the United States. JAMA Neurology 2024, 81: 264-272. PMID: 38285452, PMCID: PMC10825786, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.5416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Institutes of Health Stroke ScaleNational Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scoreOdds of discharge homeDischarged homeIschemic strokeRate of endovascular thrombectomyMultivariate logistic regressionNational Inpatient Sample databaseHealth Stroke ScaleIntervention patientsInpatient Sample databaseMain OutcomesIntervention statusHospitalization of patientsPotential confoundersUS hospitalsEndovascular thrombectomyStroke patientsCohort studySecondary outcomesLogistic regressionCardiac interventionsStroke severityStroke ScaleGroup of hospitalized patients