Background: Spine operations may be indicated for treatment of diseases including
vertebral injuries, degenerative spinal conditions, disk disease, spinal misalignments, or …

Spine surgery is a key target for cost reduction within the United States health care system.
One possible strategy involves the transition of inpatient surgeries to the ambulatory setting …

Here, we systematically review clinical studies that report morbidity and outcomes data for
cervical and lumbar surgeries performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). We focus on …

Study Design. Retrospective database review. Objective. The aim of the present study was
to examine how often spine surgery is being performed in an outpatient hospital setting …

Purpose Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), still emerging for the spine, proposes a
multimodal approach of perioperative care involving the optimization of every procedural …

OBJECTIVE Outpatient anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is becoming more
common and has been reported to offer advantages over inpatient procedures, including …

Background: As part of a market-driven response to the increasing costs of hospital-based
surgical care, an increasing volume of orthopaedic procedures are being performed in …

OBJECTIVE Spine surgery represents an ideal target for healthcare cost reduction efforts,
with outpatient surgery resulting in significant cost savings. With an increased focus on value …

Purpose The outpatient lumbar discectomy procedures have been established for more than
2 decades. However, especially in Europe, there are still obstacles to the development of …

Study Design. Delphi Panel expert panel consensus and narrative literature review.
Objective. To obtain expert consensus on best practices for patient selection and …