Racial disparities in short-term spinal fusion outcomes across 4263 consecutive patients

CONCLUSIONS: Between otherwise similar cohorts of spinal fusion cases, non-White patients experienced unfavorable discharge disposition and higher risk of multiple adverse postoperative outcomes. However, these findings were not accounted for by differences in surgical complications, suggesting that structural factors underlie the observed disparities.PMID:38394654 | DOI:10.3171/2023.12.SPINE23700

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Austin J Borja Ryan S Gallagher Ritesh Karsalia Daksh Chauhan Emelia G Malhotra Maria A Punchak Jianbo Na Scott D McClintock James M Schuster Neil R Malhotra Source Type: research