Predictors of 2-year reoperation in Medicare patients undergoing primary thoracolumbar deformity surgery.
CONCLUSIONS: Approximately one-quarter of Medicare patients with ASD who underwent surgery required an additional spinal surgery within 2 years. Baseline comorbidities such as osteoporosis, congestive heart failure, and paraplegia, as well as short-term complications such as pulmonary embolism and wound complications significantly increased the odds of repeat surgery.
PMID: 32707541 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Varshneya K, Jokhai RT, Fatemi P, Stienen MN, Medress ZA, Ho AL, Ratliff JK, Veeravagu A Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research
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