Frailty index is a significant predictor of complications and mortality after surgery for adult spinal deformity

DM Leven, NJ Lee, P Kothari, J Steinberger, J Guzman… - Spine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective study of prospectively collected data. Objective. To determine if
the modified Frailty Index (mFI) could be used to predict postoperative complications in …

Multi-rod constructs can prevent rod breakage and pseudarthrosis at the lumbosacral junction in adult spinal deformity

RK Merrill, JS Kim, DM Leven, JH Kim… - Global Spine …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To determine if patients fused with multi-rod
constructs to the pelvis have a lower incidence of lumbosacral rod failure and …

Early complications and outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgery: an NSQIP study based on 5803 patients

…, J Di Capua, S Somani, DM Leven… - Global spine …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective analysis. Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine
the incidence, impact, and risk factors for short-term postoperative complications following …

Radiation exposure in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: the effect of the learning curve

A Kumar, RK Merrill, SC Overley, DM Leven… - International Journal of …, 2019 - ijssurgery.com
Background Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF) has
comparable fusion rates and outcomes to the open approach, though many surgeons avoid the …

Frailty is predictive of adverse postoperative events in patients undergoing lumbar fusion

DM Leven, NJ Lee, JS Kim, P Kothari… - Global Spine …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective study of prospectively collected data. Objective: To analyze the
modified frailty index (mFI) as a predictor of adverse postoperative events following …

Beyond pelvic incidence–lumbar lordosis mismatch: the importance of assessing the entire spine to achieve global sagittal alignment

RK Merrill, JS Kim, DM Leven, JH Kim… - Global Spine …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective case series. Objective: To investigate which sagittal parameters
contribute to a normal sagittal vertical axis (SVA) when there is a pelvic incidence-lumbar …

Incidence, impact, and risk factors for 30-day wound complications following elective adult spinal deformity surgery

…, JI Shin, P Kothari, JS Kim, DM Leven… - Global spine …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Case-control study. Objective: To determine the incidence, impact, and risk
factors for wound complications within 30 days following elective adult spinal deformity surgery…

Impact of resident involvement on morbidity in adult patients undergoing fusion for spinal deformity

P Kothari, NJ Lee, N Lakomkin, DM Leven, JI Shin… - Spine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective study of prospectively collected data. Objective. The aim of this
study was to determine whether patients undergoing spinal deformity surgery with resident …

Incidence and risk factors for 30-day unplanned readmissions after elective posterior lumbar fusion

…, K Phan, JI Shin, HS Cutler, N Lakomkin, DM Leven… - Spine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective study of prospectively collected data. Objective. To perform a
multiinstitutional assessment on the incidence and risk factors for unplanned readmissions …

The impact of resident involvement in elective posterior cervical fusion

NJ Lee, P Kothari, C Kim, DM Leven, B Skovrlj… - Spine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective study of prospectively collected data Objective. The aim of this
study was to assess the impact of resident surgeon involvement on patient outcomes …