Disparities in the surgical treatment of adult spine diseases: a systematic review

T Cardinal, PA Bonney, BA Strickland… - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Our goal was to systematically review the literature on racial/ethnic, insurance,
and socioeconomic disparities in adult spine surgery in the United States and analyze …

Ambulation on postoperative day# 0 is associated with decreased morbidity and adverse events after elective lumbar spine surgery: analysis from the Michigan Spine …

HM Zakaria, M Bazydlo, L Schultz, M Abdulhak… - …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND While consistently recommended, the significance of early ambulation after
surgery has not been definitively studied. OBJECTIVE To identify the relationship between …

Prolonged post-surgical drain retention increases risk for deep wound infection after spine surgery

Z Pennington, D Lubelski, C Molina, EM Westbroek… - World neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Surgical site infections (SSIs) complicate 1% to 9% of elective spine surgeries.
Previously identified risk factors include diabetes mellitus type 2, obesity, and chronic kidney …

Benefits of early ambulation in elderly patients undergoing lumbar decompression and fusion surgery: a prospective cohort study

J Huang, Z Shi, F Duan, M Fan, S Yan… - Orthopaedic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the effects of early ambulation on elderly patients' postoperative
physical functional outcomes, complications, 90‐day readmission rate, and the length of …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of race on nonroutine discharge, length of stay, and postoperative complications after surgery for spinal metastases

B Hung, Z Pennington, AM Hersh, A Schilling… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Previous studies have suggested the possibility of racial disparities in surgical
outcomes for patients undergoing spine surgery, although this has not been thoroughly …

Risk factors of the postoperative 30-day readmission of gastric cancer surgery after discharge: A PRISMA-compliant systematic review and meta-analysis

WW Wu, WH Zhang, WY Zhang, L Yang, XQ Deng… - Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Readmission is a common postoperative adverse event. This study aimed to
analyze potential risk factors for the incidence of postoperative 30-day readmission after …

The impact of physical therapy after lumbar Fusion surgery

JC Heard, YA Lee, M Lambrechts, P Brush… - Clinical spine …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective Cohort. Objective: To determine if outcomes varied between
patients based on physical therapy (PT) attendance after lumbar fusion surgery. Summary of …

Use of Patient Health Questionnaire–2 scoring to predict patient satisfaction and return to work up to 1 year after lumbar fusion: a 2-year analysis from the Michigan …

HM Zakaria, TR Mansour, E Telemi, K Asmaro… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) is a
prospective, longitudinal, multicenter, quality-improvement collaborative. Using MSSIC, the …

Rates and risk factors associated with 90-day readmission following cervical spine fusion surgery: analysis of the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative …

E Schafer, M Bazydlo, L Schultz, P Park, V Chang… - The Spine Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Hospital readmission rates are an increasingly important focus.
Identifying patients at risk for readmission can help decrease those rates and thus decrease …

Supervised machine learning for predicting length of stay after lumbar arthrodesis: A comprehensive artificial intelligence approach

CM Etzel, A Veeramani, AS Zhang… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Data were obtained from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
between 2009 and 2018. Demographic and comorbidity information was collected for …