Economic burden of nonoperative treatment of adult spinal deformity

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with ASD undergoing operative treatment at baseline had greater sagittal deformity and greater improvement in health-related quality of life postoperatively compared to patients treated nonoperatively. Additionally, patients in the nonoperative cohort overall had an increase in ODI and did not show improvement in utility gained. Patients in the nonoperative cohort who had low disability and sagittal deformity underwent successful maintenance and cost-effective treatment.PMID:37728175 | DOI:10.3171/2023.7.SPINE23195

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - September 20, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Peter G Passias Waleed Ahmad Pooja Dave Renaud Lafage Virginie Lafage Jamshaid Mir Eric O Klineberg Khaled M Kabeish Jeffrey L Gum Breton G Line Robert Hart Douglas Burton Justin S Smith Christopher P Ames Christopher I Shaffrey Frank Schwab Richard Hosti Source Type: research