Increase in surgeons performing outpatient anterior cervical spine surgery leads to a shift in case volumes over time.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior studies have demonstrated an increase in the performance of outpatient anterior cervical surgery. The degree to which this increase is due to volume increase per individual surgeon versus increase in individual surgeons performing outpatient cervical surgery is unknown.

Methods

Patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) or cervical disk arthroplasty (CDA) between 2010 and 2018 in NY state were identified. As a comparison we also evaluated trends for inpatient ACDF and CDA. Annual outpatient case volumes were calculated and defined as being high (> 20/year), intermediate (>5 and ≤ 20/year) or low (>1 and ≤ 5/year). Descriptive statistics were used to report temporal trends and Poisson regression was used to test for statistical signifi

SUBMITTER: Chatterjee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9243295 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature