Total knee arthroplasty: Variables affecting 90-day overall reimbursement

SJ Halperin, MM Dhodapkar, ZJ Radford, M Li… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is commonly considered to address
symptomatically limiting knee osteoarthritis. With increasing utilization, understanding the …

A 10-year perspective on the question of whether surgeries for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis are “one and done”?

MJ Gouzoulis, PY Joo, S Jeong, SS Jabbouri, J Moran… - Spine Deformity, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Posterior scoliosis fusion (PSF) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is
considered a highly successful surgery with excellent outcomes. However, especially as …

Outcomes of orthopaedic surgery in Ehlers-Danlos syndromes: a scoping review

JR Schubart, SE Mills, SA Rodeo… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) often experience high
rates of joint subluxations and dislocations, and associated pain that may require surgical …

Evolving trends in the use of sacroiliac fusion from 2015 to 2020

SJ Halperin, MM Dhodapkar, W Jiang, A Elaydi… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort analysis. Objective. To assess the evolution of patients
undergoing sacroiliac (SI) fusion with minimally invasive surgery (MIS) relative to open …

Medicaid insurance is associated with more complications and emergency department visits but equivalent 5-year secondary surgery rate after primary hip …

SM Gillinov, DN Kim, W Islam, MS Lee, J Moran… - … : The Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare 90-day complications, 30-day emergency department (ED) visits, and
5-year rate of secondary surgeries for patients with Medicaid vs commercial insurance …

Adverse events after ankle fracture open reduction internal fixation among patients with and without documented cannabis and tobacco use

MM Dhodapkar, OP Oghenesume… - Foot & Ankle …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Ankle fractures are common orthopaedic injuries that may be indicated for
open reduction internal fixation (ORIF). Although the negative impact of tobacco use on …

Total hip arthroplasty in patients who have factor V leiden: Elevated risks isolated to venous thromboembolism events

JG Sanchez, WM Jiang, MM Dhodapkar… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a common procedure that requires consideration
of preexisting comorbidities. Factor V Leiden (FVL), an inherited thrombophilia, is one such …

Single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion results in lower five-year revisions than posterior cervical foraminotomy in a large national cohort

RH Jayaram, PY Joo, MJ Gouzoulis, PP Ratnasamy… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective cohort study using the 2010–2020 MSpine PearlDiver
administrative data set. Objective. To compare perioperative adverse events and five-year …

Weight loss makes the difference: perioperative outcomes following posterior lumbar fusion in patients with and without weight loss following bariatric surgery

MM Dhodapkar, SJ Halperin, PY Joo, GC Maloy… - The Spine Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND CONTEXT Morbid obesity (MO) has been associated with
increased risk of adverse events following procedures such as posterior lumbar fusion …

Rheumatoid arthritis patients are at increased risk for adverse events following lumbar discectomy

PP Ratnasamy, KE Rudisill, MJ Gouzoulis… - The Spine Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Lumbar discectomy is a common procedure for which patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be considered. RA is an autoinflammatory disease that …