Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols describe a standardized method of
preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative care to enhance outcomes and minimize …

BACKGROUND: Patient frailty is predictive of higher neurosurgical morbidity and mortality.
However, existing frailty measures are hindered by lack of specificity to neurosurgery …

Background Risk assessment is critically important in elective and high-risk interventions,
particularly spine surgery. This narrative review describes the evolution of risk assessment …

Background In the era of value-based payment models, it is imperative for neurosurgeons to
eliminate inefficiencies and provide high-quality care. Discharge disposition is a relevant …

Objective: Assess the safety of overlapping surgery before implementation of new
recommendations and regulations. Background: Overlapping surgery is a longstanding …

Background In an attempt to improve care while decreasing costs and postoperative pain,
we developed a novel IoS mobile health application, NeuroPath. The objective of this …

Background Surgical-site infection (SSI) after spine surgery leads to increased length of
stay, reoperation, and worse patient quality of life. We sought to develop a web-based …

OBJECTIVE Patient frailty is associated with poorer perioperative outcomes for several
neurosurgical procedures. However, comparative accuracy between different frailty metrics …

Abstract Background The Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool (RAPT) was developed and
validated to predict discharge disposition after primary total hip and knee arthroplasty …

BACKGROUND As the use of bundled care payment models has become widespread in
neurosurgery, there is a distinct need for improved preoperative predictive tools to identify …