Background: Burn trauma is a significant health problem that has physical, psychological,
and economic reaction on affected patients. Burn patients have different length-of-stay (LOS) …

Random Forest (RF) is a widely used machine learning algorithm that can be utilized for
identification of patient characteristics important for outcome prediction. Posterior cervical …

Background Postoperative readmissions are a commonly used metric for quality-of-care
initiatives, but emergency department (ED) visits have received far less attention despite …

Background Patients with extensive burns are critically ill and have long treatment periods.
Length of stay (LOS) is a good measure for assessing treatment. This study sought to identify …

Background: Postoperative delirium (POD) is a serious and common complication. The aim
of present study is to investigate the diurnal variation of POD and the effects of esketamine in …

METHODS: In the trial, patients were randomized (2: 3) to either anterior surgery (anterior
cervical decompression/fusion [ACDF]) or posterior surgery (laminoplasty [LP], or posterior …

Study Design: Review article. Objectives: There have been substantial increases in the
utilization of complex spinal surgery in the last 20 years. Spinal instrumented surgery is …

Objectives: Review and analyze business related spine articles in top general orthopaedic
journals and compare to top subspecialty spine journals. Design: Literature Review …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Despite concerted efforts toward quality improvement in high-
volume spine surgery, there remains concern that increases in case load may compromise …

Objective Neurosurgical operations, including spine surgeries, often occur outside “normal
business hours” due to the urgent or emergent nature of cases. This study investigates the …