Emergency Department Visits After Elective Spine Surgery.

Hills JM, Archer KR , Devin CJ. Khan I, Sivaganesan A, Weisenthal B, Daryoush J, Butler M, Bydon M, Asher A. Emergency Department Visits After Elective Spine Surgery. Neurosurgery. 2019 Aug 1;85(85). E258-E265. PMID: 30272232 [PubMed]

Abstract

Emergency department (ED) overuse is a costly and often neglected source of postdischarge resource utilization after spine surgery. Failing to investigate drivers of ED visits represents a missed opportunity to improve the value of care in spine patients.