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 complicationsPredicting Postoperative Morbidity and Readmission for Revision Posterior Lumbar Fusion
Basques BA, Ibe I, Samuel AM, Lukasiewicz AM, Webb ML, Bohl DD, Grauer JN. Predicting Postoperative Morbidity and Readmission for Revision Posterior Lumbar Fusion. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2017, 30: e770-e775. PMID: 27280782, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000000391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinor adverse eventsSevere adverse eventsInsulin-dependent diabetesAdverse eventsPosterior lumbar fusionLumbar fusionRisk factorsASA classificationOperative timeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisBody mass index 25Quality Improvement Program databaseImprovement Program databaseRetrospective cohort studySpecific risk factorsAnesthesiologists classificationBMI 30Postoperative complicationsPostoperative morbidityCohort studyPatient characteristicsSicker patientsAdverse outcomes