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The Expanding Frontier of Outpatient Spine Surgery

Alex Beschloss, Terrance Ishmael, Christina Dicindio, Chelsea Hendow, Alex Ha, Philip Louie, Joseph Lombardi, Andrew Pugely, Ali Ozturk, Vincent Arlet and Comron Saifi
International Journal of Spine Surgery April 2021, 15 (2) 266-273; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/8036
Alex Beschloss
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, The Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Hospital System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Terrance Ishmael
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, The Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Hospital System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Christina Dicindio
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, The Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Hospital System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Chelsea Hendow
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, The Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Hospital System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Alex Ha
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, The Spine Hospital at New York-Presbyterian, New York, New York
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Philip Louie
3Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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Joseph Lombardi
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, The Spine Hospital at New York-Presbyterian, New York, New York
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Andrew Pugely
4Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Ali Ozturk
5Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, The Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Hospital System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Vincent Arlet
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, The Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Hospital System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Comron Saifi
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, The Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Hospital System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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    Incidence of outpatient spinal fusion per 100,000 people based on US population estimates from the US Census Bureau.

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    Composition of patients who underwent outpatient spinal fusion from 2012 to 2014 in the United States based on age.

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    Composition of patients who underwent outpatient spinal fusion during the study period by race and ethnicity.

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    Percentage of spine fusions cases treated in ambulatory surgery setting stratified by insurance type of patients.

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    This figure shows the number of total spine fusions stratified by “low” vs “not low” median income based patient ZIP code.

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Alex Beschloss, Terrance Ishmael, Christina Dicindio, Chelsea Hendow, Alex Ha, Philip Louie, Joseph Lombardi, Andrew Pugely, Ali Ozturk, Vincent Arlet, Comron Saifi
International Journal of Spine Surgery Apr 2021, 15 (2) 266-273; DOI: 10.14444/8036

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Alex Beschloss, Terrance Ishmael, Christina Dicindio, Chelsea Hendow, Alex Ha, Philip Louie, Joseph Lombardi, Andrew Pugely, Ali Ozturk, Vincent Arlet, Comron Saifi
International Journal of Spine Surgery Apr 2021, 15 (2) 266-273; DOI: 10.14444/8036
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