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29. Safety of Overlapping Inpatient Orthopaedic Surgery: A Multicenter Study.

Author

Dy, Christopher J, Osei, Daniel A, Maak, Travis G, Gottschalk, Michael B, Zhang, Alan L, Maloney, Michael D, Presson, Angela P, and O'Keefe, Regis J

Subjects
Humans, Postoperative Complications, Orthopedic Procedures, Hospitalization, Retrospective Studies, Cohort Studies, Aged, Middle Aged, Female, Male, Patient Safety, Clinical Research, 6.4 Surgery, Evaluation of treatments and therapeutic interventions, Good Health and Well Being, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Sciences, Orthopedics
Abstract

BackgroundAlthough overlapping surgery is used to maximize efficiency, more empirical data are needed to guide patient safety. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate the safety of overlapping inpatient orthopaedic surgery, as judged by the occurrence of perioperative complications.MethodsAll inpatient orthopaedic surgical procedures performed at 5 academic institutions from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015, were included. Overlapping surgery was defined as 2 skin incisions open simultaneously for 1 surgeon. In comparing patients who underwent overlapping surgery with those who underwent non-overlapping surgery, the primary outcome was the occurrence of a perioperative complication within 30 days of the surgical procedure, and secondary outcomes included all-cause 30-day readmission, length of stay, and mortality. To determine if there was an association between overlapping surgery and a perioperative complication, we tested for non-inferiority of overlapping surgery, assuming a null hypothesis of an increased risk of 50%. We used an inverse probability of treatment weighted regression model adjusted for institution, procedure type, demographic characteristics (age, sex, race, comorbidities), admission type, admission severity of illness, and clustering by surgeon.ResultsAmong 14,135 cases, the frequency of overlapping surgery was 40%. The frequencies of perioperative complications were 1% in the overlapping surgery group and 2% in the non-overlapping surgery group. The overlapping surgery group was non-inferior to the non-overlapping surgery group (odds ratio [OR], 0.61 [90% confidence interval (CI), 0.45 to 0.83]; p < 0.001), with reduced odds of perioperative complications (OR, 0.61 [95% CI, 0.43 to 0.88]; p = 0.009). For secondary outcomes, there was a significantly lower chance of all-cause 30-day readmission in the overlapping surgery group (OR, 0.67 [95% CI, 0.52 to 0.87]; p = 0.003) and shorter length of stay (e, 0.94 [95% CI, 0.89 to 0.99]; p = 0.012). There was no difference in mortality.ConclusionsOur results suggest that overlapping inpatient orthopaedic surgery does not introduce additional perioperative risk for the complications that we evaluated. The suitability of this practice should be determined by individual surgeons on a case-by-case basis with appropriate informed consent.Level of evidenceTherapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Published
2018

33. Electrical Stimulation: Enhancing Axonal Growth following Peripheral Nerve Injury.

Author

HOROWITZ, Roy S., RANDALL, Zachary D., and DY, Christopher J.

Subjects
PERIPHERAL nerve injuries, ELECTRIC stimulation, SPINAL nerves, AXONS, PERIPHERAL nervous system, NEURAL stimulation, NERVE grafting
Abstract

Electrical stimulation has been integrated in recent decades into rehabilitation protocols following neuromuscular injuries. Existing literature supports the utilisation of prolonged or continuous stimulation generated by implantable or transcutaneous devices for chronic pain subsidence and muscle trophism maintenance, which improve outcomes following microsurgical interventions. Newer uses include brief electrical stimulation for peripheral nerve injury. Brief electrical stimulation has shown promise in expediting regeneration of both torn and crushed nerve axons in the murine model and has been incorporated into a limited number of clinical studies. Augmentation of the natural response of an injured peripheral nerve by electrical stimulation has the potential to accelerate regeneration, presumably leading to improved function and clinical outcomes. We review the existing literature on intraoperative utilisation of electrical stimulation to enhance regeneration, such as neural mechanisms of action and their microscopic effect in animal models, as well as results from initial human studies. Level of Evidence: Level V (Therapeutic) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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