Background: Demand for total hip and knee arthroplasty procedures continues to rise. Ongoing changes in surgical care and patient populations require continued monitoring of outcome trends. Using nationwide data from the USA, we aimed to describe updated trends in patient and peri-operative care characteristics as well as complications among total hip and knee arthroplasty recipients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough the coexistence of cervical and lumbar spinal conditions is fairly common, surgical treatments are usually staged, even though simultaneous fusion of the cervical and lumbar spine may be a viable option for appropriate candidates. We sought to investigate the outcomes of staged vs simultaneous cervical and lumbar fusions in terms of differences in postoperative complications and resource use. We performed a retrospective cohort study using claims data from the 2006 to 2020 all-payer Premier Health Database.
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