Outpatient Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion is Associated With Fewer Short-term Complications in One- and Two-level Cases
Fu MC, Gruskay JA, Samuel AM, Sheha ED, Derman PB, Iyer S, Grauer JN, Albert TJ. Outpatient Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion is Associated With Fewer Short-term Complications in One- and Two-level Cases. Spine 2017, 42: 1044-1049. PMID: 28697092, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutpatient anterior cervical discectomyAnterior cervical discectomyTwo-level ACDFPostdischarge complicationsPostoperative complicationsPostoperative morbidityRisk factorsCervical discectomyACDF casesOutpatient procedureOutpatient casesInpatient casesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databasePropensity-adjusted multivariable logistic regressionsQuality Improvement Program databaseCharlson Comorbidity IndexChronic steroid useOne-level ACDFOverall unadjusted rateGreater comorbidity burdenHigher American SocietyImprovement Program databaseIndependent risk factorRetrospective cohort studyShort-term complications