Publications by authors named "Sohail H Syed"
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- The use of lumbar fusion surgery has significantly risen over the past 20 years, but recent studies show no solid advantage for combining fusion with decompression surgery in patients with lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis.
- A study assessed national trends from 2016 to 2019, analyzing over 121,000 adult patients undergoing these procedures, using data from the National Inpatient Sample.
- Results indicated a decline in surgeries performed with decompression alone (from 32.6% to 9.6%) and a rise in surgeries that included fusion (from 67.4%), highlighting a shift towards more combined surgical approaches.
Object: Several studies have indicated that the 30-day morbidity and mortality risks are higher among pediatric and adult patients who are admitted on the weekends. This "weekend effect" has been observed among patients admitted with and for a variety of diagnoses and procedures, including myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, stroke, peptic ulcer disease, and pediatric surgery. In this study, morbidity and mortality outcomes for emergency pediatric neurosurgical procedures carried out on the weekend or after hours are compared with emergency surgical procedures performed during regular weekday business hours.
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