2024
167 Association Between Safety-net Hospital Status and Postoperative Outcomes Following ACDF or PCDF for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Elsamadicy A, Sayeed S, Craft S, Sherman J, Reeves B, Koo A, Khalid S, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. 167 Association Between Safety-net Hospital Status and Postoperative Outcomes Following ACDF or PCDF for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Neurosurgery 2024, 70: 40-40. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002809_167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spondylotic myelopathyNon-routine dischargeSafety-net hospital statusSafety-net hospitalACDF cohortSpondylotic myelopathyPostoperative outcomesAdverse eventsMultivariate analysisPosterior cervical decompressionAnterior cervical discectomyImpact postoperative outcomesProportion of patientsNational Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyPredictors of prolonged LOSInpatient Sample databaseNon-SNHsElective ACDFCervical decompressionCervical discectomyStudy patientsIndependent predictorsAdult patientsACDF
2023
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Among Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion or Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A National Administrative Database Analysis
Elsamadicy A, Sayeed S, Sherman J, Craft S, Reeves B, Hengartner A, Koo A, Larry Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. Racial/Ethnic Disparities Among Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion or Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A National Administrative Database Analysis. World Neurosurgery 2023, 183: e372-e385. PMID: 38145651, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.12.103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spondylotic myelopathyNon-routine dischargeHealthcare resource utilizationExtended hospital LOSHospital LOSWhite patientsHispanic patientsPatient raceNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisGreater comorbidity burdenRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesAdministrative database analysisLogistic regression analysisRace/ethnicityACDF cohortComorbidity burdenPostoperative complicationsAdult patientsAdverse eventsPatient demographicsSpondylotic myelopathyIndependent predictorsSurgical outcomesBlack race