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

Background: Outpatient surgery has been shown safe and effective for anterior cervical
discectomy and fusion (ACDF), and more recently, for 1-level cervical disc arthroplasty …

Methods The medical records of 41 consecutive patients undergoing single-level ACDF with
impregnated HA PEEK cages (group 1) were compared to the control group of 47 patients …

Study Design: Prospective study. Objective: To investigate the efficacy of transcranial
electrically stimulated muscle-evoked potentials (TcE-MsEPs) for predicting postoperative …

Background The incidence rate of surgical treatment of cervical degenerative diseases
(CDD) has increased in the USA and a large geographic variation has been shown. Little is …

Objective This study looks at the various comorbidities and postoperative complications and
their impact on readmission rates of patients undergoing outpatient versus inpatient 1-and 2 …

Abstract Introduction In France, surgery for lumbar disc herniation is now being done in the
outpatient ambulatory setting at select facilities. However, surgery for the cervical spine in …

We seek to determine the outcomes of patients undergoing outpatient-based ALIF compared
to a consecutive series of inpatient based ALIF performed during the same time period. 58 …

Technological advances in neurosurgery, aided by improvements in anesthesia have
resulted in surgery that is faster, simpler and safer with excellent perioperative recovery. As …

OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess the relationship of comorbidities and postoperative
complications to rates of readmission for geriatric patients undergoing anterior cervical …