Relationship Between Preoperative Anemia and Perioperaive Outcomes Following Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Elsamadicy A, Freedman I, Koo A, David W, Havlik J, Reeves B, Sarkozy M, Kundishora A, Sciubba D, Kahle K, DiLuna M. Relationship Between Preoperative Anemia and Perioperaive Outcomes Following Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Neurosurgery 2020, 67 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa447_595.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of Preoperative Anemia on Outcomes After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Elsamadicy AA, Freedman IG, Koo AB, David WB, Havlik J, Kundishora AJ, Hong CS, Sciubba DM, Kahle KT, DiLuna M. Impact of Preoperative Anemia on Outcomes After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. World Neurosurgery 2020, 146: e214-e224. PMID: 33091648, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior spinal fusionAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisPreoperative anemiaAnemic cohortHospital stayReadmission ratesIndependent predictorsSpinal fusionIdiopathic scoliosisNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseUnplanned reoperation rateLonger hospital stayRetrospective cohort studyThirty-day outcomesLonger operative timeLonger lengthPostoperative complicationsReoperation rateCohort studyDischarge dispositionComplication ratePediatric patientsTransfusion eventsOperative time