Prospective multicenter assessment of complication rates associated with adult cervical deformity surgery in 133 patients with minimum 1-year follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS: This report provides benchmark rates for ACSD surgery complications at a minimum 1-year (mean 1.8 years) follow-up. The marked health and functional impact of ACSD, the frail population it affects, and the high rates of surgical complications necessitate a careful risk-benefit assessment when contemplating surgery. Collectively, these findings provide benchmarks for complication rates and may prove useful for patient counseling and efforts to improve the safety of care. PMID: 32559746 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - June 18, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Smith JS, Buell TJ, Shaffrey CI, Kim HJ, Klineberg E, Protopsaltis T, Passias P, Mundis GM, Eastlack R, Deviren V, Kelly MP, Daniels AH, Gum JL, Soroceanu A, Gupta M, Burton D, Hostin R, Hart R, Lafage V, Lafage R, Schwab FJ, Bess S, Ames CP Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research