Impact of teaching hospital status on postoperative outcomes following posterior cervical fusion/instrumentation
Patients undergoing posterior cervical instrumentation at non-academic centers experience similar surgical, medical, and mechanical complication rates compared to academic centers. However, significantly higher readmission rates for non-academic centers may indicate significant variations in postoperative care.
Authors
- Sruthi Ranganathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0684-4263)
- Owoicho Adogwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9403-2799)
- Sachin Shankar
- Andrew Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0929-1145)
- Ashraf Mohamadkhani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0744-0634)
- Joseph Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-012X)
- Aydin Kaghazchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8856-9215)
- Tao Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6897-5993)
- Mark S. Wallace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5647-6233)
- Janesh Karnati
- Ahmed Ashraf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3531-0845)
- Shameel Abid
- Leina Lunasco
- Gabriel Jelkin
Institutions
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Neurology International
- Published
- 2025-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25259/sni_681_2025
- Primary Topic
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00