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Association of frailty with healthcare resource utilization after open thoracic/thoracolumbar posterior spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity by Elsamadicy, Aladine A, Koo, Andrew B, Sherman, Josiah J Z, Sarkozy, Margot, Reeves, Benjamin C, Craft, Samuel, Sayeed, Sumaiya, Sandhu, Mani Ratnesh S, Hersh, Andrew M, Lo, Sheng-Fu Larry, Shin, John H, Mendel, Ehud, Sciubba, Daniel M

“…The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is a frailty-identifying metric developed using ICD-10-CM codes. While other studies have examined frailty in adult…”
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Effects of preoperative nutritional status on complications and readmissions after posterior lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis: A propensity-score analysis by Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Havlik, John, Reeves, Benjamin C., Koo, Andrew B., Sherman, Josiah, Lo, Sheng-Fu Larry, Shin, John H., Sciubba, Daniel M.

“…Malnutrition, common in the elderly, may adversely affect healthcare outcomes. In spine surgery, malnutrition is associated with higher rates of perioperative…”
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Predictors of Extended Length of Stay Following Treatment of Unruptured Adult Cerebral Aneurysms: A Study of The National Inpatient Sample by Koo, Andrew B., Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Lin, I-Hsin, David, Wyatt B., Sujijantarat, Nanthiya, Santarosa, Corrado, Cord, Branden J., Zetchi, Akli, Hebert, Ryan, Bahrassa, Farhad, Malhotra, Ajay, Matouk, Charles C.

“…In an unprecedented era of soaring healthcare costs, payers and providers alike have started to place increased importance on measuring the quality of surgical…”
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Is Clot Composition Associated With Cause of Stroke? A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Sujijantarat, Nanthiya, Templeton, Kelsey A., Antonios, Joseph P., Renedo, Daniela, Koo, Andrew B., Haynes, Joseph O., Fathima, Bushra, Amllay, Abdelaziz, Nowicki, Kamil, Huttner, Anita, Giles, James A., Navaratnam, Dhasakumar, Sansing, Lauren H., Hebert, Ryan M., King, Joseph T., Matouk, Charles C.

“…Background Prior studies have suggested an association between clot histological composition and cause of stroke. However, the results have been conflicting…”
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Geographic variations in health care resource utilization following elective ACDF for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A national trend analysis by Koo, Andrew B., Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Sarkozy, Margot, Pathak, Neil, David, Wyatt B., Freedman, Isaac G., Reeves, Benjamin C., Sciubba, Daniel M., Laurans, Maxwell, Kolb, Luis

“…As health care expenditures continue to increase, standardizing health care delivery across geographic regions has been identified as a method to reduce costs…”
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Hypermutated phenotype in gliosarcoma of the spinal cord by Hong, Christopher S., Kuzmik, Gregory A., Kundishora, Adam J., Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Koo, Andrew B., McGuone, Declan, Blondin, Nicholas A., DiLuna, Michael L., Erson-Omay, E. Zeynep

“…Gliosarcoma is a variant of glioblastoma with equally poor prognosis and characterized by mixed glial and mesenchymal pathology. Metastasis is not uncommon but…”
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Reply to the letter to the editor regarding “HFRS in patients undergoing ACDF for CSM” by Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Koo, Andrew B., Sciubba, Daniel M.

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In Reply to the Letter to Editor Regarding "Hospital Frailty Risk Score Predicts Adverse Events and Readmission Following Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus" by Koo, Andrew B., Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Matouk, Charles C.

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Response to letter to the Editor on 'Utility of the Hospital Frailty Risk Score in patients undergoing endovascular treatment for ruptured aneurysms' by Koo, Andrew B, Elsamadicy, Aladine A, Renedo, Daniela, Matouk, Charles

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Direct carotid puncture for mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke patients with prohibitive vascular access by Cord, Branden J, Kodali, Sreeja, Strander, Sumita, Silverman, Andrew, Wang, Anson, Chouairi, Fouad, Koo, Andrew B, Nguyen, Cindy Khanh, Peshwe, Krithika, Kimmel, Alexandra, Porto, Carl M, Hebert, Ryan M, Falcone, Guido J, Sheth, Kevin N, Sansing, Lauren H, Schindler, Joseph L, Matouk, Charles C, Petersen, Nils H

“…While the benefit of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for patients with anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke with large-vessel occlusion (AIS-LVO) has been…”
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Higher Hospital Frailty Risk Score Is Associated With Increased Risk of Stroke: Observational and Genetic Analyses by Renedo, Daniela, Acosta, Julián N., Koo, Andrew B., Rivier, Cyprien, Sujijantarat, Nanthiya, de Havenon, Adam, Sharma, Richa, Gill, Thomas M., Sheth, Kevin N., Falcone, Guido J., Matouk, Charles C.

“…Frailty is a prevalent state associated with several aging-related traits and conditions. The relationship between frailty and stroke remains understudied…”
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Higher Hospital Frailty Risk Score is associated with increased complications and healthcare resource utilization after endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms by Koo, Andrew B, Elsamadicy, Aladine A, Renedo, Daniela, Sarkozy, Margot, Sherman, Josiah, Reeves, Benjamin C, Havlik, John, Antonios, Joseph, Sujijantarat, Nanthiya, Hebert, Ryan, Malhotra, Ajay, Matouk, Charles

“…To use the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) to investigate the impact of frailty on complication rates and healthcare resource utilization in patients who…”
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Differences in Outcomes and Health Care Resource Utilization After Surgical Intervention for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumor in Safety-Net Hospitals by Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Koo, Andrew B., David, Wyatt B., Reeves, Benjamin C., Sherman, Josiah J.Z., Craft, Samuel, Hersh, Andrew M., Duvall, Julia, Lo, Sheng-Fu Larry, Shin, John H., Mendel, Ehud, Sciubba, Daniel M.

“…Observational cohort study. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between safety-net hospital (SNH) status and hospital length of stay…”
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Hospital Frailty Risk Score and healthcare resource utilization after surgery for metastatic spinal column tumors by Elsamadicy, Aladine A, Koo, Andrew B, Reeves, Benjamin C, Pennington, Zach, Yu, James, Goodwin, C Rory, Kolb, Luis, Laurans, Maxwell, Lo, Sheng-Fu Larry, Shin, John H, Sciubba, Daniel M

“…The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) was developed utilizing ICD-10 diagnostic codes to identify frailty and predict adverse outcomes in large national…”
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Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) vs. bevacizumab for radiation necrosis in previously irradiated brain metastases by Sujijantarat, Nanthiya, Hong, Christopher S., Owusu, Kent A., Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Antonios, Joseph P., Koo, Andrew B., Baehring, Joachim M., Chiang, Veronica L.

“…Purpose Both laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) and bevacizumab have been used successfully to treat radiation necrosis (RN) after radiation for brain…”
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Modified-frailty index does not independently predict complications, hospital length of stay or 30-day readmission rates following posterior lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis by Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Freedman, Isaac G., Koo, Andrew B., David, Wyatt B, Reeves, Benjamin C., Havlik, John, Pennington, Zach, Kolb, Luis, Shin, John H., Sciubba, Daniel M.

“…Frailty has been associated with inferior surgical outcomes in various fields of spinal surgery. With increasing healthcare costs, hospital length of stay…”
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Assessment of Frailty Indices and Charlson Comorbidity Index for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Spine Metastases: A National Database Analysis by Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Havlik, John L., Reeves, Benjamin, Sherman, Josiah, Koo, Andrew B., Pennington, Zach, Hersh, Andrew M., Sandhu, Mani Ratnesh S., Kolb, Luis, Larry Lo, Sheng-Fu, Shin, John H., Mendel, Ehud, Sciubba, Daniel M.

“…The aim of this study was to assess the predictive ability of Metastatic Spinal Tumor Frailty Index (MSTFI) and the Modified 5-Item Frailty Index (mFI-5) on…”
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Thirty- and 90-day Readmissions After Spinal Surgery for Spine Metastases: A National Trend Analysis of 4423 Patients by Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Koo, Andrew B., David, Wyatt B., Zogg, Cheryl K., Kundishora, Adam J., Hong, Christopher S., Kuzmik, Gregory A., Gorrepati, Ramana, Coutinho, Pedro O., Kolb, Luis, Laurans, Maxwell, Abbed, Khalid

“…Retrospective cohort study. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in 30- and 90-day readmissions for spine metastases treated with decompression…”
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A current review of spinal meningiomas: epidemiology, clinical presentation and management by Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Reeves, Benjamin C., Craft, Samuel, Sherman, Josiah J. Z., Koo, Andrew B., Sayeed, Sumaiya, Sarkozy, Margot, Kolb, Luis, Lo, Sheng-Fu Larry, Shin, John H., Sciubba, Daniel M., Mendel, Ehud

“…Purpose To provide an up-to-date review of the epidemiology, histopathology, molecular biology, and etiology of spinal meningiomas, as well as discuss the…”
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Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Presenting with an Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury by Elsamadicy, Aladine A., Sandhu, Mani Ratnesh S., Freedman, Isaac G., Reeves, Benjamin C., Koo, Andrew B., Hengartner, Astrid, Havlik, John, Sherman, Josiah, Maduka, Richard, Agboola, Isaac K., Johnson, Dirk C., Kolb, Luis, Laurans, Maxwell

“…The aim of this study was to determine if baseline frailty was an independent predictor of adverse events (AEs) and in-hospital mortality in patients being…”
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