Introduction Intensive care unit (ICU) admissions constitute a substantial financial challenge
for health care systems and patients and are linked to various potentially life-altering …

Purpose Evaluate the factors associated with postoperative ICU admission in patients
undergoing surgical management of degenerative lumbar spine disease. Methods Patients …

Study Design This was a retrospective multivariate analysis of preoperative risk factors
leading to intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in patients undergoing elective or acute …

Background: Data on the utilization of critical care services (CCSs) among patients who
underwent spine fusion are rare. Given the increasing popularity of this procedure …

Objective Reoperation and readmission are often avoidable, costly, and difficult to predict.
We sought to identify risk factors for readmission and reoperation after spine surgery and to …

Background: In an attempt to improve patient care, a perioperative complex spine surgery
management protocol was developed through collaboration between spine surgeons and …

Conclusion Taken together, previously published data suggest that systematic admission in
the ICU after surgery is unsure. LESS systematic ICU admission means MORE beds …

OBJECT Complications after spine surgery have an impact on overall outcome and health
care expenditures. The increased cost of complications is due in part to associated …

Study Design. A retrospective review Objective. The aim of this study was to establish
clinically relevant readmission rates that permit accurate comparisons, improve risk …

Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospective cohort. Objective. The aim of the study
was to determine the patient characteristics and surgical procedure factors related to …