Causes and Timing of Unplanned Early Readmission After Neurosurgery

Abstract

CSF, cerebrospinal fluidIQR, interquartile rangeSPARCS, Statewide Planning And Research Cooperative System.

Readmission Following Surgical Resection for Intractable Epilepsy: Nationwide Rates, Causes, Predictors, and Outcomes

“…The presurgical diagnostic tests evaluated were video electroencephalography (VEEG; 89. 19) and intracranial electroencephalography (IEEG; 02.93).…”

“…18 Significant predictors for readmission included male gender (OR 1.74; 95% CI 1.17-2.60) and initial admission via emergency department (OR 2.22; 95% CI 1.45-3.43). 18 Taylor et al 19 investigated unplanned readmis-sions following neurosurgery utilizing a statewide database for New York. One hundred fifty-four patients had epilepsy surgery, and the 30-d readmission rate was 7.14%.…”

“…One hundred fifty-four patients had epilepsy surgery, and the 30-d readmission rate was 7.14%. 19 The overall most common reasons for unplanned readmission included infection (29.52%), medical complications (19.22%), stroke (6.09%), and venous thromboembolism (5.71%). Postoperative seizures accounted for less than 5%.…”

Analysis of 30-day unplanned readmissions after degenerative spinal disease surgery

“…Spinal operations are more frequent than other neurosurgical interventions, but although their readmissions rates are lower in comparison with other types of surgery, they occupy third place in Taylor's study (2).…”

“…In a recent study which comprised a diverse neurosurgical pathology, that included a number of 163.743 cases, the general 30-day readmission rate was 8,63% (2), and in particular, 6,92% for lumbosacrat spinal decompression.…”