Unplanned readmission is associated with decreased overall survival and performance after metastatic spine surgery

H Chanbour, JW Chen, LS Gangavarapu, GA Bendfeldt… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective case-control study. Objective. In a cohort of patients
undergoing metastatic spine surgery, we sought to:(1) identify risk factors associated with …

A novel online calculator to predict nonroutine discharge, length of stay, readmission, and reoperation in patients undergoing surgery for intramedullary spinal cord …

AM Hersh, J Patel, Z Pennington, A Antar… - The Spine Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCTs) are rare tumors
associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Surgical resection is often indicated for …

Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in perception of health status and literacy in spine oncological patients: insights from the all of us research program

AA Elsamadicy, C Wang, BC Reeves, JJZ Sherman… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A cross-sectional study was performed using the National Institutes of Health
All of Us survey database. Objective. The aim of this study was to assess socioeconomic and …

Prevalence and influence of frailty on hospital outcomes after surgical resection of spinal meningiomas

AA Elsamadicy, AB Koo, BC Reeves, S Craft… - World neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Frailty has been shown to affect patient outcomes after medical and surgical
interventions. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is a growing metric used to assess …

Unplanned Readmission After Surgery for Cervical Spine Metastases

H Chanbour, LS Gangavarapu, JW Chen… - World Neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Patients undergoing surgery for cervical spine metastases are at risk for
unplanned readmission due to comorbidities and chemotherapy/radiation. Our objectives …

Postoperative surveillance in cranial and spinal tumor neurosurgery: when is this warranted?

S Schipmann, DC Spille, M Gallus, S Lohmann… - Journal of …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The outbreak of COVID-19 and the sudden increase in the number of patients
requiring mechanical ventilation significantly affected the management of neurooncological …

External Validation of an Online Wound Infection and Wound Reoperation Risk Calculator After Metastatic Spinal Tumor Surgery

J Ryvlin, SW Kim, R De la Garza Ramos, M Hamad… - World Neurosurgery, 2024 - Elsevier
Study Design This was a single-institutional retrospective cohort study. Objective Wound
infections are common following spine metastasis surgery and can result in unplanned …

Association of Frailty Risk with Hospital Outcomes after Surgical Resection for Benign and Malignant Spinal Meningiomas

A Elsamadicy, A Koo, B Reeves, S Craft, J Sherman… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
OBJECTIVE The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is a metric used to assess patient frailty
risk in large national datasets using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision …