The malnourished consult: A quiet prevalence in complex musculoskeletal patients
Lewis K, Islam S, Carney M, Junn A, Schneble C, Colen D, Prsic A. The malnourished consult: A quiet prevalence in complex musculoskeletal patients. Orthoplastic Surgery 2022, 10: 57-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.orthop.2022.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpinal fusion patientsPatient risk factorsPlastic surgery consultationWound infectionFusion patientsSurgery consultationKnee arthroplastyRisk factorsHip arthroplastyEarly plastic surgeryResults Ninety patientsMajor perioperative complicationsWound-related complicationsRetrospective chart reviewHigh-risk surgerySingle academic centerLogistic regression modelsBackground MalnutritionNinety patientsPerioperative complicationsChart reviewPatient demographicsWound dehiscenceSurgical outcomesMusculoskeletal patientsIn-hospital complications after cervical fusion in cases with versus without cerebral palsy
Galivanche AR, Gillinov SM, Mercier MR, Schneble CA, Varthi AG, Grauer JN, Frumberg DB. In-hospital complications after cervical fusion in cases with versus without cerebral palsy. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2022, 12: 100167. PMID: 36132746, PMCID: PMC9483629, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2022.100167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinor adverse eventsCerebral palsyHospital complicationsAdverse eventsCervical fusionNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultiple logistic regression modelHospital adverse eventsCervical spine pathologyCervical fusion surgeryRetrospective cohort designMultiple logistic regressionLogistic regression modelsHospital mortalityMore comorbiditiesHospital morbidityHospital stayPerioperative outcomesPreoperative variablesPropensity matchingSurgical interventionFusion surgeryCohort designSpine pathologyCervical pathology