Background The Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI) is a stratification tool to predict adverse
surgical outcomes. No studies have explored the relationship between ECI and outcomes …

Objective The Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI) and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)
are commonly used measures that use administrative data to characterize a patient's …

Study Design. Multicenter retrospective cohort study. Objective. To estimate the impact of
increasing surgical duration on outcomes after single-level lumbar fusion. Summary of …

Background Existing literature has not yet evaluated the impact of postoperative length of
stay (LOS) on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and minimum clinically …

OBJECTIVE This study assesses how degree of overlap, either before or after the critical
operative portion, affects lumbar fusion outcomes. METHODS The authors retrospectively …

Study Design. Multicenter retrospective cohort study. Objective. To investigate the impact of
spine surgeon specialty on 30-day complication rates in patients undergoing single-level …

Purpose We aim to examine the preoperative factors associated with increased
postoperative length of stay in patients undergoing LLIF in the hospital setting. Methods …

Background With growing emphasis on high-value care, many institutions have been
working on improving surgical efficiency, quality, and complication reduction. Unfortunately …

Background With hospital leaders and policy makers increasingly seeking ways to improve
resource use, there has been heightened interest in reducing hospital length of stay (LOS) …

METHODS: Patients who underwent spinal fusion were queried using data from the
Nationwide Readmissions Database for the years 2016 through 2019. Using comorbidity …