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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023

Comparison of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion in the Ambulatory Surgery Center and Traditional Hospital Settings, Part 2: Assessment of Surgical Safety in Medicare Beneficiaries.

Scott M Schlesinger, Dominic Maggio, Morgan P Lorio, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Jon E Block

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Scott M SchlesingerLegacy Spine & Neurological Specialists, 8201 Cantrell Rd., Ste. 265, Little Rock, AR 72227, USA.
Dominic MaggioLegacy Spine & Neurological Specialists, 8201 Cantrell Rd., Ste. 265, Little Rock, AR 72227, USA.
Morgan P LorioAdvanced Orthopedics, 499 E. Central Pkwy., Ste. 130, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701, USA.
Kai-Uwe LewandrowskiCenter for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, 4787 E., Camp Lowell Drive, Tucson, AZ 85712, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7842-2914
Jon E BlockIndependent Consultant, 2210 Jackson Street, Ste. 401, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9954-8938

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: The clinical benefits and procedural efficiencies of performing minimally invasive fusion procedures, such as transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) are becoming increasingly well established. Currently, Medicare does not provide reimbursement for its beneficiaries eligible for TLIF in the ASC due to a lack of evidence regarding procedural safety. However, the initiation of the Hospital Without Walls program allowed for traditional hospital procedures to be relocated to other facilities such as ASCs, providing a unique opportunity to evaluate the utility of TLIF in the ASC in Medicare-age patients. (2) Methods: This single-center, retrospective study compared baseline characteristics, intraoperative variables, and 30-day postoperative safety outcomes between 48 Medicare-age patients undergoing TLIF in the ASC and 48 patients having the same procedure as hospital in-patients. All patients had a one-level TLIF using the VariLift

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ambulatory surgery centerCPT ® 22630, 22633fusioninterbody cagesMedicaresafetystand-alone

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PMID36983747
PMCPMC10056390

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