Long-term Corticosteroid Use Independently Correlates With Complications After Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery.
Kebaish KJ, Galivanche AR, Varthi AG, Ottesen TD, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Long-term Corticosteroid Use Independently Correlates With Complications After Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery. Orthopedics 2021, 44: 172-179. PMID: 34039214, DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20210416-01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term corticosteroid usePosterior lumbar spine surgeryPosterior lumbar surgeryLumbar spine surgeryPerioperative adverse outcomesCorticosteroid useAdverse eventsLumbar surgerySpine surgeryPropensity matchingAdverse outcomesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseMinor adverse eventsEffect of immunosuppressionImprovement Program databaseLong-term corticosteroidsSerious adverse eventsBody mass indexMultiple surgical specialtiesAnesthesiologists classComparable patientsPerioperative outcomesSurgical factorsMore patientsUnderweight Patients Are the Greatest Risk Body Mass Index Group for 30-Day Perioperative Adverse Events After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.
Ottesen TD, Hsiang WR, Malpani R, Nicholson AD, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Underweight Patients Are the Greatest Risk Body Mass Index Group for 30-Day Perioperative Adverse Events After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2021, 29: e132-e142. PMID: 32568997, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-20-00049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexPerioperative adverse eventsTotal shoulder arthroplastyNormal weight patientsAdverse eventsTSA patientsBMI categoriesUnderweight patientsShoulder arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseElective total shoulder arthroplastyOverweight/obese categoriesRisk-adjusted multivariate regressionsQuality Improvement Program databaseElevated body mass indexBody mass index groupsLower body mass indexPrimary total shoulder arthroplastyNormal BMI patientsComplications of patientsSerious adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseNormal-weight subjectsBMI patientsFragile cohort