Orthopedic surgeons more likely than neurosurgeons to encounter complication during spinal fusion procedure, study finds

Spine

Orthopedic surgeons are more likely to encounter perioperative bleeding, requiring transfusion, during posterior cervical decompression and fusion than neurosurgeons, according to a study in Spine.

The study featured 1,221 patients at a single institution and 11,116 patients within the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database who underwent PCDF.

Patients who were treated by an orthopedic surgeon had a greater proportion of bleeding in both the institutional sample — 14.5 percent versus 9.8 percent receiving neurosurgery service — and national sample –– 11.16 percent compared to 6.8 percent.

In the national sample, orthopedic surgeons were 1.66 times more likely to encounter an in-hospital complication than neurosurgeons.

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