The Effect of Preoperative Nutritional Intervention for Adult Spinal Deformity Patients

Study Design. A prospective nutritional intervention study for adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients. Objective. To investigate how a nutritional intervention affects the incidence of postoperative medical complications and the nutritional status. Summary of Background Data. The medical complication rate in ASD surgery is very high, and one risk factor is malnutrition. Nutritional intervention may improve the patient's nutritional status and reduce risk, but this is unexplored regarding ASD surgery. Methods. Malnourished patients (i.e., a prognostic nutritional index [PNI] score of
Source: Spine - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: DEFORMITY Source Type: research