Prediction of 30-day and 1-year postoperative complications after balloon-assisted kyphoplasty in the elderly using the Risk Analysis Index

CONCLUSIONS: BAK is a safe treatment in the elderly, and age alone should not be used as an exclusion criterion during patient selection. Frailty, which can be assessed reliably using the RAI, may serve as a better predictor for postoperative complications and reoperation following BAK.PMID:38215434 | DOI:10.3171/2023.11.SPINE23951
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Source Type: research