2022
Impact of Affective Disorders on Inpatient Opioid Consumption and Hospital Outcomes Following Open Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adult Spine Deformity
Elsamadicy A, Sandhu M, Reeves B, Jafar T, Craft S, Sherman J, Hersh A, Koo A, Kolb L, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. Impact of Affective Disorders on Inpatient Opioid Consumption and Hospital Outcomes Following Open Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adult Spine Deformity. World Neurosurgery 2022, 170: e223-e235. PMID: 36332777, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.10.114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient narcotic consumptionInpatient opioid consumptionHealthcare resource utilizationAD cohortAffective disordersNonroutine dischargeOpioid consumptionNarcotic consumptionSpinal fusionAdult spinal deformity surgeryInpatient opioid usePremier Healthcare DatabaseRetrospective cohort studyPosterior spinal fusionLength of staySpinal deformity surgeryAdult spinal deformityAdult spine deformityYears of ageGreater proportionMultivariate regression analysisNon-Hispanic whitesHospital outcomesStudy patientsCohort study
2020
Does neurofibromatosis 1 status impact outcomes for pediatric/young adults undergoing spinal fusion?
Freedman I, Koo A, Yeagle E, Diluna M, Kolb L, Yeung J. Does neurofibromatosis 1 status impact outcomes for pediatric/young adults undergoing spinal fusion? Surgical Neurology International 2020, 11: 60. PMID: 32363055, PMCID: PMC7193189, DOI: 10.25259/sni_39_2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeurofibromatosis type 1Adverse postoperative eventsYoung adult patientsAdult patientsPostoperative eventsIndependent predictorsSpine patientsNF1 statusSpinal fusionNonroutine discharge dispositionNonroutine hospital dischargeFurther prospective studiesNationwide Inpatient SampleLength of staySignificant independent predictorsSpinal fusion surgeryYears of agePaucity of dataNonroutine dischargeMore transfusionsDischarge dispositionFusion patientsHospital dischargePerioperative variablesComplication rate