Study Design Retrospective population-based observational study. Objective To assess the
growth of cervical spine surgery performed in an outpatient setting. Methods A retrospective …

OBJECTIVE: Degenerative cervical spine disease is one of the most common indications for
spinal surgical intervention. The impact of the unprecedented changes in healthcare …

Study Design. Retrospective database analysis. Objective. To investigate national trends of
cervical spine surgical procedures from 2002 to 2011. Summary of Background Data. There …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort. Objectives. To describe the incidence of complications
and mortality associated with surgery for degenerative disease of the cervical spine using …

OBJECTIVE Patients undergoing surgery for degenerative cervical spine disease may
require future surgery for disease progression. We investigated factors related to the rate of …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort. Objective. To describe population-based trends and
variations in surgery for degenerative changes of the cervical spine among Medicare …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of a population-based database. Objective. To
investigate national epidemiological trends of cervical spine surgical procedures from 2002 …

Background: Outpatient surgery is becoming more common and is more cost-effective than
inpatient surgery. Nonetheless, many surgeons and health care administrators are still …

Study Design. Cervical decompression (CD) and cervical fusion (CF) patients in 5%
Medicare Part B claims data. Objective. Evaluate the complication rate and associated risk …

Objectives To identify the trends in utilization of outpatient discharge for single level anterior
cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), between 2007 and 2014, and to compare the costs …