Race Is an Independent Predictor for Nonroutine Discharges After Spine Surgery for Spinal Intradural/Cord Tumors
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, David WB, Reeves BC, Freedman IG, Pennington Z, Ehresman J, Kolb L, Laurans M, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Race Is an Independent Predictor for Nonroutine Discharges After Spine Surgery for Spinal Intradural/Cord Tumors. World Neurosurgery 2021, 151: e707-e717. PMID: 33940256, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.04.085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonroutine discharge dispositionIndependent predictorsNonroutine dischargeDischarge dispositionCord tumorsAA raceSurgical interventionNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariable logistic regression analysisStepwise multivariable logistic regression analysisBackward stepwise multivariable logistic regression analysisAfrican AmericansPostoperative complication rateRetrospective cohort studyClinical Modification diagnosisLength of hospitalizationProcedural Coding SystemLogistic regression analysisHealth care costsRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisAA/BlackPostoperative complicationsCohort studyComplication rateCost and Health Care Resource Utilization Differences After Spine Surgery for Bony Spine versus Primary Intradural Spine Tumors
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Freedman IG, Pennington Z, David WB, Ehresman J, Hengartner A, Laurans M, Kolb L, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Cost and Health Care Resource Utilization Differences After Spine Surgery for Bony Spine versus Primary Intradural Spine Tumors. World Neurosurgery 2021, 151: e286-e298. PMID: 33866030, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.04.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayPrimary intradural spinal tumorsIntradural spinal tumorsSpine tumorsSpine surgeryPerioperative complicationsSpinal tumorsNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariable logistic regression analysisStepwise multivariable logistic regression analysisBackward stepwise multivariable logistic regression analysisIntradural spinal neoplasmsIntradural spine tumorsRetrospective cohort studyLogistic regression analysisHealth care resourcesMore comorbiditiesAdult patientsCohort studyDischarge dispositionIntraoperative variablesPatient demographicsComplication rateHospital admissionIndependent predictors