Publications by authors named "Harold I Salmons Iv"
Article Synopsis
- The study is a retrospective cohort analysis aimed at understanding how sarcopenia (muscle loss) affects the occurrence of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal junctional failure (PJF) in patients after thoracolumbar spine fusion surgery.
- It found that patients with severe multifidus sarcopenia had a significantly higher risk of developing PJK (76%) and PJF (78%) compared to those without these complications (34%).
- The study concludes that factors such as low Hounsfield Units (a measure of tissue density) at the upper instrumented vertebra and moderate to severe multifidus sarcopenia increase the risk of these complications after surgery.*
Introduction: Implementing novel tools that identify contributors to the cost of orthopedic procedures can help hospitals maximize efficiency, minimize waste, improve surgical decision-making, and practice value-based care. The purpose of this study was to develop and internally validate a machine learning algorithm to identify key drivers of total charges after ambulatory arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and compare its performance with a state-of-the-art statistical learning model.
Methods: A retrospective review of the New York State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Database was performed to identify patients who underwent elective outpatient rotator cuff repair (RCR) from 2015 to 2016.