Spine surgical subspecialty and its effect on patient outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MJ Lambrechts, JA Canseco, GR Toci, BA Karamian… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review and meta-analysis. Objective. To perform a systematic
review and meta-analysis to identify if intraoperative or postoperative differences in …

Surgeon specialty and outcomes after elective spine surgery

A Seicean, N Alan, S Seicean, D Neuhauser… - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort analysis of prospectively collected clinical data.
Objective. To compare outcomes of elective spine fusion and laminectomy when performed …

Complications, readmissions, and revisions for spine procedures performed by orthopedic surgeons versus neurosurgeons: a retrospective, longitudinal study

T Mabud, J Norden, A Veeravagu, C Swinney… - Clinical Spine …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective database analysis. Objective: To examine the impact of training
pathway, either neurosurgical or orthopedic, on complications, readmissions, and revisions …

Does patient selection account for the perceived cost savings in outpatient spine surgery? A meta-analysis of current evidence and analysis from an administrative …

BF Mundell, MJ Gates, P Kerezoudis, MA Alvi… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE From 1994 to 2006 outpatient spinal surgery increased 5-fold. The perceived
cost savings with outcomes comparable to or better than those achieved with inpatient …

Thirty-day perioperative outcomes in spinal fusion by specialty within the NSQIP database

BA McCutcheon, JD Ciacci, LP Marcus, A Noorbakhsh… - Spine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Cross-sectional analysis of the American College of Surgeons' National
Surgical Quality Improvement Program database between 2005 and 2011. Objective. To …

Impact of neurosurgeon specialization on patient outcomes for intracranial and spinal surgery: a retrospective analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 1998–2009

BA McCutcheon, BR Hirshman, BC Gabel… - Journal of …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The subspecialization of neurosurgical practice is an ongoing trend in modern
neurosurgery. However, it remains unclear whether the degree of surgeon specialization is …

Spine surgeon specialty is not a risk factor for 30-day complication rates in single-level lumbar fusion: a propensity score–matched study of 2528 patients

BD Kim, AI Edelstein, WK Hsu, S Lim, JYS Kim - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Multicenter retrospective cohort study. Objective. To investigate the impact of
spine surgeon specialty on 30-day complication rates in patients undergoing single-level …

Hospitalization cost after spine surgery in the United States of America

S Missios, K Bekelis - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to develop and validate a predictive model of hospitalization
costs after spine surgery. Several initiatives have been put in place to minimize healthcare …

Complications after lumbar spine surgery between teaching and nonteaching hospitals

SV Nandyala, A Marquez-Lara, SJ Fineberg… - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective national database analysis. Objective. A national population-
based database was analyzed to characterize the perioperative complications of lumbar …

Surgeon Experience Matters: An Exact Matched Analysis of TLIF Outcomes Demonstrates No Difference in Surgical Outcomes Between Experienced Neurosurgeons …

GG Shukla, AV Matur, K Childress, X Tao… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To compare surgical and medical
complications profile between neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons after transforaminal …