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Hindi Research Article, J Spine Neurosurg Vol: 4 Issue: 1
Gastrointestinal Preparation May Reduce Length of Stay in Spine Surgery: Quality Improvement Project
| Mazen Sanoufa1*, Kevin Waits2, Nadezhda Zaytseva3, Mukhamad Sami Valid4 and Joe Sam Robinson5 | |
| 1Research Fellow, Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, Macon, GA, USA | |
| 2Clinical Resident, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA | |
| 3Visiting researcher from Kuban State Medical University, Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 4Clinical Resident, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA | |
| 5Professor and Chairman, Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, Macon, GA, USA | |
| Corresponding author : Mazen Sanoufa Research Fellow, Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, Macon, GA, USA Tel: 478-390-9126 E-mail: mazensanoufa@gmail.com |
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| Received: August 12, 2014 Accepted: September 05, 2014 Published: January 20, 2015 | |
| Citation: Sanoufa M, Waits K, Zaytseva N, Valid MS, Robinson JS (2015) Gastrointestinal Preparation Reduces Length of Stay in Some Lumbar Fusion Patients: Prospective Study. J Spine Neurosurg 4:1 doi:10.4172/2325-9701.1000175 |
Abstract
Gastrointestinal Preparation May Reduce Length of Stay in Spine Surgery: Quality Improvement Project
In a healthcare system troubled by escalating demands escalating costs, the last decade has seen a marked increase in both volume and cost of surgical spine procedures. Probing methodologies to reduce such costs without jeopardizing patient outcome would generate substantial benefit. This paper assesses the effect of administering milk of magnesia (MOM) for bowel preparation on the length of hospital stay (LOS).
