A study published in The Spine Journal found that patients undergoing a revision for posterior spinal fusion are more likely to incur an in-hospital death than patients undergoing primary posterior spinal fusion, according to an article in HealthDay News.
Researchers analyzed data on all hospital discharges drawn from the National Inpatient Sample between 1998 and 2006 and found that patients undergoing PPSF were younger and had fewer comorbidities than patients undergoing RPSF. In-hospital mortality risk factors were heightened among men and older patients.
Read the HealthDay News report on in-hospital death for spine surgery revision patients.
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Researchers analyzed data on all hospital discharges drawn from the National Inpatient Sample between 1998 and 2006 and found that patients undergoing PPSF were younger and had fewer comorbidities than patients undergoing RPSF. In-hospital mortality risk factors were heightened among men and older patients.
Read the HealthDay News report on in-hospital death for spine surgery revision patients.
Read other coverage on spine surgery:
- Study: Growing Rods for Childhood Scoliosis Treatment Likely to Cause Autofusion
- 10 New Spine Surgery Systems
- First Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment in a Human Used to Treat Spinal Cord Injury