2020
Patient Risk Factors Associated With 30- and 90-Day Readmission After Cervical Discectomy
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, Lee M, Freedman IG, David WB, Kundishora AJ, Gorrepati R, Kuzmik GA, Camara-Quintana J, Qureshi T, Kolb L, Laurans M, Abbed K. Patient Risk Factors Associated With 30- and 90-Day Readmission After Cervical Discectomy. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2020, 33: e434-e441. PMID: 32568863, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000001030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical disc arthroplastyLarge hospital bed sizeRetrospective cohort studyHospital bed sizeRisk factorsIndex admissionUnplanned readmissionCohort studyReadmission ratesAnterior cervical spine proceduresPatient-related risk factorsPatient-level risk factorsAnterior cervical decompressionCervical disc pathologyNationwide Readmissions DatabaseRate of readmissionCervical spine proceduresPatient risk factorsMultivariate regression analysisBed sizeCervical decompressionInitial hospitalizationCervical discectomyGenitourinary complicationsNinth Revision
2016
Association Between Baseline Affective Disorders and 30-Day Readmission Rates in Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Surgery
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Mehta AI, Vasquez RA, Cheng J, Karikari IO, Bagley CA. Association Between Baseline Affective Disorders and 30-Day Readmission Rates in Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Surgery. World Neurosurgery 2016, 94: 432-436. PMID: 27450978, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.07.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective spine surgeryDays of dischargeSpine surgeryReadmission ratesPsychiatric comorbidityAffective disordersCause readmissionMultivariate logistic regression modelPatient-reported outcome measuresPatient-reported outcome dataRate of readmissionBody mass indexMajor academic medical centerAcademic medical centerLogistic regression modelsUnplanned readmissionBaseline characteristicsEarly readmissionPatient ageIndependent predictorsPrimary outcomeMass indexPsychologic disordersMedical recordsUnivariate analysis