Impact of preoperative nutritional status on morbidity and mortality in elderly patients undergoing spine surgery for metastatic spinal tumors: a role for the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index
This study suggests that preoperative GNRI-defined malnutrition is associated with a higher risk of adverse postoperative outcomes in elderly patients undergoing spine surgery for metastatic spinal tumors.
Authors
- Sheng-Fu Larry Lo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-2544)
- Daniel M. Sciubba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7604-434X)
- Shaila Ghanekar
- Aladine A. Elsamadicy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7658-6461)
- Paul Serrato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2550-3221)
- Syed Khalid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4710-1688)
- Sina Sadeghzadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5748-477X)
Institutions
- Long Island Jewish Medical Center (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.2.spine241217
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.03