2023
Medicaid Insurance Is Associated With More Complications and Emergency Department Visits but Equivalent 5-Year Secondary Surgery Rate After Primary Hip Arthroscopy
Gillinov S, Kim D, Islam W, Lee M, Moran J, Fong S, Mahatme R, McLaughlin W, Maldonado D, Medvecky M, Grauer J, Jimenez A. Medicaid Insurance Is Associated With More Complications and Emergency Department Visits but Equivalent 5-Year Secondary Surgery Rate After Primary Hip Arthroscopy. Arthroscopy The Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery 2023, 40: 1117-1125. PMID: 37597701, DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2023.08.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary hip arthroscopyFemoroacetabular impingement syndromeEmergency department visitsSecondary surgery rateED visitsMedicaid patientsHip arthroscopyDepartment visitsSurgery ratesSecondary surgeryLabral tearsLarge national database studyTenth Revision diagnosis codesNational database studyFive-year ratesElixhauser Comorbidity IndexKaplan-Meier analysisRevision diagnosis codesBody mass indexMultivariate logistic regressionTotal hip arthroplastyLarge national databaseComorbidity indexPostoperative complicationsAdverse events
2022
Total shoulder arthroplasty: ninety-day adverse events and 5-year implant survival in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa
Gouzoulis M, Ratnasamy P, Caruana D, Wiznia D, Medvecky M, Grauer J. Total shoulder arthroplasty: ninety-day adverse events and 5-year implant survival in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa. Seminars In Arthroplasty JSES 2022, 32: 676-680. DOI: 10.1053/j.sart.2022.07.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTotal shoulder arthroplastySurgical site infectionMinor adverse eventsAdverse eventsSite infectionTSA patientsImplant survivalHS patientsSkin lesionsLog-rank Mantel-Cox testFive-year implant survivalKaplan-Meier survival curvesHigher comorbidity burdenMethods Adult patientsNon-HS groupsSevere adverse eventsElixhauser Comorbidity IndexChronic skin disorderPotential risk factorsMantel-Cox testRisk of infectionComorbidity burdenComorbidity indexPostoperative complicationsReoperation rate
2021
COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery
Mercier MR, Galivanche AR, Brand JP, Pathak N, Medvecky MJ, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0262115. PMID: 34972190, PMCID: PMC8719674, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-positive patientsAnkle fracture surgeryPerioperative adverse eventsAdverse eventsAnkle fracture patientsFracture surgeryFracture patientsOperative interventionAnkle fracturesPropensity matchingCOVID statusOpen reduction internal fixation surgeryPerioperative adverse outcomesPerioperative surgical complicationsMinor adverse eventsPostoperative adverse eventsSerious adverse eventsChronic kidney diseaseCOVID-19 Research DatabaseLong-term outcomesInternal fixation surgeryBasis of agePropensity-score matchingPostoperative complicationsNegative patients