Outpatient anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in the ambulatory surgery center setting: safety assessment for the Medicare population.

CONCLUSIONS: An analysis of consecutive Medicare patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists classes I-III) who underwent mostly 1-level and some 2-level ACDFs in an ASC setting demonstrates that surgical complications occur at a low rate with a safety profile similar to that reported for both inpatient ACDF and patients younger than 65 years. In an effort to reduce cost and improve efficiency of care, surgeons can safely perform ACDF in the Medicare population in an ASC environment utilizing patient selection criteria and perioperative management similar to those reported here.
PMID: 31731271 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - November 14, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Rossi V, Asher A, Peters D, Zuckerman SL, Smith M, Henegar M, Dyer H, Coric D, Pfortmiller D, Adamson T, McGirt M Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research