2023
Ninety day adverse events following single level posterior lumbar interbody fusion in patients with sickle cell disease
Dhodapkar M, Halperin S, Saifi C, Whang P, Grauer J, Varthi A. Ninety day adverse events following single level posterior lumbar interbody fusion in patients with sickle cell disease. The Spine Journal 2023, 24: 807-811. PMID: 38081460, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.11.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosterior lumbar interbody fusionSingle-level posterior lumbar interbody fusionSickle cell diseaseElixhauser Comorbidity IndexAdverse eventsPostoperative outcomesInterbody fusionOdds ratioCell diseaseDays adverse eventsMinor adverse eventsPostoperative adverse eventsPerioperative adverse eventsSevere adverse eventsCohort of patientsED visit ratesEmergency department visitsMultivariable logistic regressionNational administrative databaseRetrospective database studyLumbar interbody fusionSingle level posteriorComorbidity indexPLIF patientsAdult patients
2022
Underweight patients are the highest risk body mass index group for perioperative adverse events following stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion
Ottesen TD, Galivanche AR, Greene JD, Malpani R, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Underweight patients are the highest risk body mass index group for perioperative adverse events following stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion. The Spine Journal 2022, 22: 1139-1148. PMID: 35231643, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.02.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseAnterior lumbar interbody fusionObese class 1Improvement Program databaseClass 2 patientsAdverse eventsUnderweight patientsBMI categoriesAdverse outcomesBMI spectrumInterbody fusionProgram databaseTwo-level anterior lumbar interbody fusionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisThirty-day adverse eventsWorld Health Organization categoriesBody mass index groupsPostoperative adverse eventsRetrospective cohort studyPerioperative adverse eventsNormal-weight subjectsPost-operative infection
2018
Different Fusion Approaches for Single-level Lumbar Spondylolysis Have Similar Perioperative Outcomes
Gala RJ, Bovonratwet P, Webb ML, Varthi AG, Daubs MD, Grauer JN. Different Fusion Approaches for Single-level Lumbar Spondylolysis Have Similar Perioperative Outcomes. Spine 2018, 43: e111-e117. PMID: 28591074, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionAnterior lumbar interbody fusionPosterior spinal fusionPerioperative adverse eventsAdverse eventsLong-term outcomesLumbar interbody fusionLumbar spondylolysisPerioperative outcomesOperative timeSurgical approachFusion groupInterbody fusionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement databasePerioperative adverse event ratesSimilar long-term outcomesPropensity scoreMinor adverse eventsPrevious cohort studiesSerious adverse eventsSimilar perioperative outcomesAdverse event ratesIndividual adverse eventsQuality improvement database
2013
Recovery Room Radiographs Not Found to Have Incremental Utility Above Intraoperative Images After Lumbar Fusion Procedures
Bohl DD, Gruskay JA, Miller CP, Varthi A, Ruiz FK, Whang PG, Grauer JN. Recovery Room Radiographs Not Found to Have Incremental Utility Above Intraoperative Images After Lumbar Fusion Procedures. Spine 2013, 38: 1927-1933. PMID: 23883831, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3182a527be.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLumbar fusion proceduresLumbar interbody fusionClinical utilityRecovery roomInterbody fusionFusion proceduresSurgical constructTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionAnterior lumbar interbody fusionAnterior-posterior fusionRetrospective case seriesPosterolateral lumbar fusionLow clinical utilityPlain film imagesRecovery room radiographsIntraoperative imagesIncremental clinical utilityCase seriesConsecutive seriesLumbar fusionBACKGROUND DATAIntraoperative fluoroscopic imagesWound closureRadiation exposureIncremental utility