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The nationwide burden of readmissions and associated complications following EC-IC bypass surgery has not been previously described. Therefore, the authors sought to analyze a nationwide database to describe the national rates, causes, risk factors, complications, and morbidity associated with readmission following EC-IC bypass surgery for MMD, ICAD, and aneurysms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) was queried for the years 2010\u20132014 to identify patients who had undergone EC-IC bypass for MMD, medically failed symptomatic ICAD, or unruptured aneurysms. Predictor variables included demographics, preexisting comorbidities, indication for surgery, and hospital bypass case volume. A high-volume center (HVC) was defined as one that performed 10 or more cases\/year. Outcome variables included perioperative stroke, discharge disposition, length of stay, total hospital costs, and readmission (30 days, 90 days). Multivariable analysis was used to identify predictors of readmission and to study the effect of treatment at HVCs on quality outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In total, 2500 patients with a mean age of 41 years were treated with EC-IC bypass surgery for MMD (63.1%), ICAD (24.5%), or unruptured aneurysms (12.4%). The 30- and 90-day readmission rates were 7.5% and 14.0%, respectively. Causes of readmission included new stroke (2.5%), wound complications (2.5%), graft failure (1.5%), and other infection (1.3%). In the multivariable analysis, risk factors for readmission included Medicaid\/self-pay (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.1\u20132.4, vs private insurance), comorbidity score (OR 1.2, 95% CI 1.1\u20131.4, per additional comorbidity), and treatment at a non-HVC (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.1\u20133.0). Treatment at an HVC (17% of patients) was associated with significantly lower rates of nonroutine discharge dispositions (13.4% vs 26.7%, p = 0.004), ischemic stroke within 90 days (0.8% vs 2.9%, p = 0.03), 30-day readmission (3.9% vs 8.2%, p = 0.03), and 90-day readmission (8.6% vs 15.2%, p = 0.01). These findings were confirmed in a multivariable analysis. The authors estimate that centralization to HVCs may result in 333 fewer nonroutine discharges (50% reduction), 12,000 fewer hospital days (44% reduction), 165 fewer readmissions (43%), and a cost savings of $15.3 million (11% reduction).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Readmission rates for patients after EC-IC bypass are comparable with those after other common cranial procedures and are primarily driven by preexisting comorbidities, socioeconomic status, and treatment at low-volume centers. Periprocedural complications, including stroke, graft failure, and wound complications, occurred at the expected rates, consistent with those in prior clinical series. The centralization of care may significantly reduce perioperative complications, readmissions, and hospital resource utilization.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2020.6.jns202117","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,6]],"date-time":"2020-11-06T02:49:12Z","timestamp":1604630952000},"page":"431-439","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Readmission following extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery in the United States: nationwide rates, causes, risk factors, and volume-driven outcomes"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"135","author":[{"given":"Kavelin","family":"Rumalla","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Missouri\u2013Kansas City, Missouri;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Visish M.","family":"Srinivasan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Monica","family":"Gaddis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Missouri\u2013Kansas City, Missouri;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Kan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael T.","family":"Lawton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jan-Karl","family":"Burkhardt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"World Neurosurg","first-page":"e717","article-title":"Practice trends in intracranial bypass surgery in a 21-year experience","volume":"125","author":"Burkhardt\n \nJ-K","year":"2019","unstructured":"Burkhardt\n \nJ-K\n\n, \n\nLawton\n \nMT\n\n\n. \nPractice trends in intracranial bypass surgery in a 21-year experience\n. \nWorld Neurosurg\n. \n2019\n;\n125\n:\ne717\n\u2013\ne722\n."},{"key":"b2","series-title":"Seven Bypasses: Tenets and Techniques for Revascularization","author":"Lawton\n \nMT","year":"2018","unstructured":"Lawton\n \nMT\n\n\n. \nSeven Bypasses: Tenets and Techniques for Revascularization\n. \nThieme\n; \n2018\n."},{"issue":"18","key":"b3","series-title":"JAMA","first-page":"1983","article-title":"Extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery for stroke prevention in hemodynamic cerebral ischemia: the Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study randomized trial","volume":"306","author":"Powers\n \nWJ","year":"2011","unstructured":"Powers\n \nWJ\n\n, \n\nClarke\n \nWR\n\n, \n\nGrubb\n \nRL\n \nJr\n\n, \n\n\n \nExtracranial-intracranial bypass surgery for stroke prevention in hemodynamic cerebral ischemia: the Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study randomized trial\n. \nJAMA\n. \n2011\n;\n306\n(\n18\n):\n1983\n\u2013\n1992\n."},{"issue":"19","key":"b4","series-title":"N Engl J Med","first-page":"1191","article-title":"Failure of extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass to reduce the risk of ischemic stroke. 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