A comparison of the Elixhauser and Charlson comorbidity indices: predicting in-hospital complications following anterior lumbar interbody fusions

RB Baron, SN Neifert, WA Ranson, AJ Schupper… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI) and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)
are commonly used measures that use administrative data to characterize a patient's …

Elixhauser comorbidity measure is superior to Charlson comorbidity index in-predicting hospital complications following elective posterior cervical decompression and …

SZ Maron, SN Neifert, WA Ranson, DA Nistal… - World Neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The predictive ability of Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI) and Charlson
Comorbidity Index (CCI) have been compared in orthopedic and gastrointestinal surgery; …

Predicting in-hospital complications after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a comparison of the Elixhauser and Charlson comorbidity indices

WA Ranson, SN Neifert, ZB Cheung, CM Mikhail… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to determine the ability of the Elixhauser
Comorbidity Index (ECI) and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict postoperative …

Does the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator accurately predict complications rates after anterior lumbar interbody fusion procedures?

AS Narain, AZ Kitto, B Braun, MJ Poorman, P Curtin… - Spine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Clinical case series. Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the
effectiveness of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement …

Relationship Between Comorbidity Burden and Short-Term Outcomes Across 4680 Consecutive Spinal Fusions

CA Wathen, RS Gallagher, AJ Borja, EG Malhotra… - World Neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Preoperative management requires the identification and optimization of
modifiable medical comorbidities, though few studies isolate comorbid status from related …

Increasing patient complexity is associated with longer in-hospital lengths of stay and higher rates of medical complications following primary 1-to 2-level lumbar …

GW Cloud, S Jain, AM Gordon, AW Lam… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ijssurgery.com
Background The Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI) is a stratification tool to predict adverse
surgical outcomes. No studies have explored the relationship between ECI and outcomes …

Is the Centers for medicare and medicaid services hierarchical condition category risk adjustment model satisfactory for quantifying risk after spine surgery?

AK Chan, S Shahrestani, AM Ballatori, KO Orrico… - …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hierarchical
condition category (HCC) coding is a risk adjustment model that allows for the estimation of …

ASA grade and Charlson Comorbidity Index of spinal surgery patients: correlation with complications and societal costs

RG Whitmore, JH Stephen, C Vernick, PG Campbell… - The Spine Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background context The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and the American
Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status Classification System (ASA grade) are …

International classification of disease clinical modification 9 modeling of a patient comorbidity score predicts incidence of perioperative complications in a nationwide …

R Chitale, PG Campbell, S Yadla… - Clinical Spine …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To validate the RCS, we present an International Classification of Disease
Clinical Modification (ICD-CM)-9 model of the score and correlate the score with …

Preoperative and postoperative factors and laboratory values predicting outcome in patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery

S Leu, M Kamenova, A Mehrkens, L Mariani… - World neurosurgery, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To determine whether complications in lumbar fusion surgery could be estimated
from patient factors and perioperative laboratory values. In addition, risk scores for detection …