356 Patient-and-Hospital-Related Risk Factors for Non-Routine Discharge After Lumbar Decompression and Fusion for Spondylolisthesis
Elsamadicy A, Freedman I, Koo A, David W, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Hersh A, Pennington Z, Kolb L, Laurans M, Shin J, Sciubba D. 356 Patient-and-Hospital-Related Risk Factors for Non-Routine Discharge After Lumbar Decompression and Fusion for Spondylolisthesis. Neurosurgery 2022, 68: 84-84. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001880_356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-routine dischargeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNon-Hispanic black race/ethnicityQuality Improvement Program databaseICD-9-CM diagnosisBlack race/ethnicityMultivariate logistic regression modelDependent functional statusImprovement Program databaseRetrospective cohort studyProcedural Coding SystemQuality of careMultivariate regression analysisPaucity of dataLogistic regression modelsRace/ethnicityUnplanned readmissionCohort studyDischarge dispositionReadmission ratesAdult patientsAdverse eventsIndependent predictorsLonger LOSHospital 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 characteristicsGeographic variations in health care resource utilization following elective ACDF for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A national trend analysis
Koo AB, Elsamadicy AA, Sarkozy M, Pathak N, David WB, Freedman IG, Reeves BC, Sciubba DM, Laurans M, Kolb L. Geographic variations in health care resource utilization following elective ACDF for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A national trend analysis. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2022, 9: 100099. PMID: 35141663, PMCID: PMC8819911, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2022.100099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spondylotic myelopathyLength of stayElective ACDFSpondylotic myelopathyAdult patientsPatient demographicsComplication rateRegional cohortElective anterior cervical discectomyHealth care resource utilizationNational Inpatient Sample databaseAnterior cervical discectomyMean total costHousehold income quartileHealth care deliveryHealth care expendituresNonroutine dischargePerioperative complicationsCervical discectomyDischarge dispositionFemale patientsElixhauser comorbiditiesSurgery variesPrimary diagnosisHospital costs