Dr. Andrew James Pugely MD
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
1372 Woolridge Dr Coralville IA, 52241About
Dr. Andrew Pugely is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Pugely specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Pugely tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Outpatient surgery reduces short-term complications in lumbar discectomy: an analysis of 4310 patients from the ACS-NSQIP database.
- Differences in short-term complications between spinal and general anesthesia for primary total knee arthroplasty.
- A comparison of hospital length of stay and short-term morbidity between the anterior and the posterior approaches to total hip arthroplasty.
- A risk calculator for short-term morbidity and mortality after hip fracture surgery.
- Incidence of and risk factors for 30-day readmission following elective primary total joint arthroplasty: analysis from the ACS-NSQIP.
- Trends in the use of total ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis in the United States Medicare population.
- Causes and risk factors for 30-day unplanned readmissions after lumbar spine
- Total joint arthroplasty: trends in medicare reimbursement and implant prices.
- Thirty-Day Morbidity After Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Identification of Risk Factors and Emphasis on the Safety of Outpatient Procedures.
- Differences in short-term complications between unicompartmental and total knee arthroplasty: a propensity score matched analysis.
- Medicare data transparency may confuse consumers comparing hospitals for total joint arthroplasty.
- Comorbidities in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: do they influence hospital costs and length of stay?
- CORR Insights(R): Diabetes confers little to no increased risk of postoperative
- The 100 year celebration of Iowa orthopaedics.
- Risk factors for 30-day postoperative complications and mortality following open reduction internal fixation of distal radius fractures.
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