Comparison of readmission rates from this study with that of the peer-reviewed literature on outpatient ACDF.
| Number of outpatient ACDF patients | Readmission rate | |
|---|---|---|
| Silvers et al., 1996 | 50 | NR |
| Stieber et al., 2005 | 30 | 0% |
| Villavicencio et al., 2007 | 103 | 1.9% |
| Erickson et al., 2007 | 58 | 0% |
| Liu et al., 2009 | 45 | 0% |
| Garringer et al., 2010 | 645 | NR |
| Trahan et al., 2011 | 59 | 1.7% |
| Lied et al., 2013 | 96 | 1.0% |
| Tally et al., 2013 | 119 | 0% |
| McGirt et al., 2015 | 1,168 | NR* |
| Adamson et al., 2016 | 1,000 | 2.2% |
| Present study | 1,528 | 5.4% |
NR = Not reported.
↵* = Did not specifically report readmission rate; rate of “major morbidity” (surgical site infection, new neurological deficit, stroke, reintubation, deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, postoperative hematoma, return to operating room within 30 days) was 0.94%.