2023
Association of frailty with healthcare resource utilization after open thoracic/thoracolumbar posterior spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity
Elsamadicy A, Koo A, Sherman J, Sarkozy M, Reeves B, Craft S, Sayeed S, Sandhu M, Hersh A, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. Association of frailty with healthcare resource utilization after open thoracic/thoracolumbar posterior spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity. European Spine Journal 2023, 1-16. PMID: 36949143, DOI: 10.1007/s00586-023-07635-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Frailty Risk ScoreNon-routine dischargePosterior spinal fusionAdult spinal deformityHealthcare resource utilizationICD-10-CM codesAdmission costsSpinal fusionSpinal deformityElective posterior spinal fusionNational Inpatient Sample databaseFrailty Risk ScoreImpact of frailtyPostoperative adverse eventsAssociation of frailtyLarger hospital sizeMultivariate regression analysisAdverse eventsIntraoperative variablesPatient demographicsExtended LOSProlonged hospitalizationHispanic raceRetrospective studyFrail cohort
2022
Hospital Frailty Risk Score and Healthcare Resource Utilization After Surgery for Primary Spinal Intradural/Cord Tumors
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Pennington Z, Sarkozy M, Hersh A, Havlik J, Sherman JJZ, Goodwin CR, Kolb L, Laurans M, Lo S, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Hospital Frailty Risk Score and Healthcare Resource Utilization After Surgery for Primary Spinal Intradural/Cord Tumors. Global Spine Journal 2022, 13: 2074-2084. PMID: 35016582, PMCID: PMC10556884, DOI: 10.1177/21925682211069937.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Frailty Risk ScoreNon-routine dischargeFrailty Risk ScoreImpact of frailtyCost of admissionDischarge dispositionFrail cohortPrimary tumorSpinal cordRisk scoreNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyHealthcare resource utilizationLength of stayPrimary spinal tumorsGreater mean costICD-10 codesICD-10-CM codesLarge national datasetPerioperative complicationsPostoperative complicationsAdult patientsCohort studyLonger LOSPatient characteristics