Outcomes After 1- or 2-level Minimally Invasive Decompression for Patients with High 5-Item Modified Frailty Index
MI-decompression provides comparable symptom relief and postoperative recovery, even among patients with significant frailty that could limit their ability to withstand the stresses of spine surgery.
Authors
- Tejas Subramanian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0323-6716)
- Ted Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8055-0955)
- Arsen Omurzakov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6998-2025)
- Tomoyuki Asada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3470-5546)
- Sravisht Iyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-9757)
- James Dowdell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9852-4133)
- Sheeraz A. Qureshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7177-1756)
- Tianma Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9969-8976)
- Rebecca Boyle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5126-0468)
- John Lama
- Zora Hahn
Institutions
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Cornell University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005333
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00