2024
167 Association Between Safety-net Hospital Status and Postoperative Outcomes Following ACDF or PCDF for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Elsamadicy A, Sayeed S, Craft S, Sherman J, Reeves B, Koo A, Khalid S, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. 167 Association Between Safety-net Hospital Status and Postoperative Outcomes Following ACDF or PCDF for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Neurosurgery 2024, 70: 40-40. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002809_167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spondylotic myelopathyNon-routine dischargeSafety-net hospital statusSafety-net hospitalACDF cohortSpondylotic myelopathyPostoperative outcomesAdverse eventsMultivariate analysisPosterior cervical decompressionAnterior cervical discectomyImpact postoperative outcomesProportion of patientsNational Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyPredictors of prolonged LOSInpatient Sample databaseNon-SNHsElective ACDFCervical decompressionCervical discectomyStudy patientsIndependent predictorsAdult patientsACDF
2023
Differences in Outcomes and Health Care Resource Utilization After Surgical Intervention for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumor in Safety-Net Hospitals
Elsamadicy A, Koo A, David W, Reeves B, Sherman J, Craft S, Hersh A, Duvall J, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. Differences in Outcomes and Health Care Resource Utilization After Surgical Intervention for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumor in Safety-Net Hospitals. Spine 2023, 48: 800-809. PMID: 36972069, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000004643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal column tumorsSNH statusPostoperative complicationsDischarge dispositionMultivariable analysisTumor surgeryMetastatic spinal tumor surgeryHealth care resource utilizationNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseICD-10-CM codingNonroutine discharge dispositionObservational cohort studySpinal tumor surgerySafety-net hospitalNonroutine dischargeSNH patientsHospital lengthStudy patientsAdult patientsCohort studyIntraoperative variablesExtended LOSIndependent predictorsLonger LOSProlonged hospitalization