Study objective It has not yet been established whether total hip arthroplasty complications
are associated with anesthetic technique (spinal versus general). This study assessed the …

Background Despite showing a prognostic value in general surgical patients, preoperative
asymptomatic elevated white blood cell (WBC) count is not considered a risk factor for cardiac …

Objectives: Although real-time ultrasound guidance during central venous catheter insertion
has become a standard of care, postinsertion chest radiograph remains the gold standard to …

Introduction This study aimed to investigate whether mortality following cardiac surgery was
associated with the pulmonary artery pulsatility index (PAPi): pulmonary artery pulse …

Background: Traditional two-dimensional (2D) echocardiographic evaluation of tricuspid
annulus (TA) dilation is based on single-frame measurements of the septolateral (SL) dimension…

Objective To assess factors that may predict failure to improve at 12 and 24 months after
unilateral laminotomy with bilateral decompression (ULBD) for the management of lumbar …

Background It has been demonstrated that surgical patients with COVID-19 are at increased
risk for postoperative complications. However, this association has not been tested in …

Background Surgical start time (SST) has demonstrated conflicting effects on perioperative
outcomes due to confounding factors, such as increased acuity in later SST cases. This study …

Study Design. Retrospective database analysis. Objective. This study aimed to compare costs
and complication rates following single-level lumbar decompression in patients under age …

Methods All patients who underwent lumbar FLTD by a single surgeon at a single institution
from September 2015 to January 2018 were included in this prospective case series. Visual …