Social determinants of health and neurosurgical outcomes: current state and future directions

G Glauser, DK Detchou, R Dimentberg… - …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The relationship between social determinants of health (SDOH) and neurosurgical outcomes
has become increasingly relevant. To date, results of prior work evaluating the impact of …

The LACE+ index as a predictor of 30-day patient outcomes in a plastic surgery population: a coarsened exact match study

E Winter, G Glauser, IF Caplan… - Plastic and …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: This study used coarsened exact matching to investigate the effectiveness of
the LACE+ index (ie, length of stay, acuity of admission, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and …

Evaluation of the risk assessment and prediction tool for postoperative disposition needs after cervical spine surgery

I Berger, M Piazza, N Sharma, G Glauser… - …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Bundled care payment models are becoming more prevalent in neurosurgery.
Such systems place the cost of postsurgical facilities in the hands of the discharging …

Association of overlapping, nonconcurrent, surgery with patient outcomes at a large academic medical center: a coarsened exact matching study

G Glauser, B Osiemo, S Goodrich… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Assess the safety of overlapping surgery before implementation of new
recommendations and regulations. Background: Overlapping surgery is a longstanding practice that …

LACE+ index as predictor of 30-day readmission in brain tumor population

…, D Kung, DM O'Rourke, O Choudhri, G Glauser… - World Neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The LACE+ index (Length of stay, Acuity of admission, Charlson Comorbidity
Index score, and Emergency department [ED] visits in the past 6 months) is a tool used to …

Association of overlapping neurosurgery with patient outcomes at a large academic medical center

…, AG Ramayya, B Osiemo, S Goodrich, G Glauser… - …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
… Agarwal, Prateek AB; Ramayya, Ashwin G MD, PhD; Osiemo, Benjamin MS; Goodrich,
Stephen BS; Glauser, Gregory BS; McClintock, Scott D PhD; Chen, H Isaac MD; Schuster …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the utility of an IoS application in the perioperative care of spine surgery patients: the NeuroPath Pilot study

G Glauser, ZS Ali, D Gardiner, AG Ramayya, R Pessoa… - Mhealth, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The utility of cervical spine bracing as a postoperative adjunct to single-level anterior cervical spine surgery

…, J Schuster, M Piazza, G Glauser… - Asian Journal of …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Background Context: Use of cervical bracing/collar subsequent to anterior cervical spine
discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is variable. Outcomes data regarding bracing after ACDF are …

The LACE+ index fails to predict 30–90 day readmission for supratentorial craniotomy patients: A retrospective series of 238 surgical procedures

IF Caplan, PZ Sullivan, G Glauser, O Choudhri… - Clinical Neurology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective: The LACE + index (Length of stay, Acuity of admission, Charlson Comorbidity
Index (CCI) score, and Emergency department visits in the past 6 months) is a tool utilized to …

Association of surgical overlap during wound closure with patient outcomes among neurological surgery patients at a large academic medical center

G Glauser, P Agarwal, AG Ramayya, HI Chen… - …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Several studies have explored the effect of overlapping surgery on patient
outcomes, but impact of surgical overlap during wound closure has not been studied. …