Does Surgical Day of the Week Affect Hospital Course and Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery?

BC Graham, C Lucasti, MM Scott… - Global Spine …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design Retrospective Cohort Analysis. Objectives Extended hospital length of stay
(LOS) poses a significant cost burden to patients undergoing adult spinal deformity (ASD) …

Afternoon surgical start time is associated with higher cost and longer length of stay in posterior lumbar fusion

SN Neifert, ML Martini, JS Gal, SZ Maron, JJ Rasouli… - World Neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Existing research about surgical start time is equivocal about associations
between outcomes and late start times, and there is only one published report investigating …

Case Start Timing of Adult Spinal Deformity Surgeries: Does the Wait Matter?

M Dinizo, K Patel, I Dolgalev, PG Passias… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ijssurgery.com
Background Adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery can entail complex reconstructive
procedures. It is unclear whether there is any effect of case start time on outcomes. We …

Surgical start time is not predictive of microdiscectomy outcomes

SZ Maron, J Dan, JS Gal, SN Neifert… - Clinical spine …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective analysis of clinical data from a single institution. Objective: The
objective of this study was to assess the time of surgery as a possible predictor for outcomes …

Late-week Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Associated with Increased Length of Stay

EM Miller, BW Polascik, ST Kitchen… - Clinical Spine …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective analysis of clinical data from a single institution. Objective: To
assess the day of surgery during the week as a possible predictor of length of stay (LOS) …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Instrumented Spine Surgery on Length of Stay

ME Lundgren, AN Detwiler, JW Lamping… - … Global Research & …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Methods: All instrumented spine surgeries in 2019 at a single academic tertiary center were
retrospectively reviewed. Patients were categorized for surgical day and discharge …