Clinical outcomes of posterior cervical fusion in the setting of increasing age and medical complexity: an American national database analysis from 2012 to 2022
Rates of comorbidities including age, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension have increased among patients undergoing posterior cervical fusion between 2012 and 2022, whereas complication rates have remained relatively similar. The length of stay has shortened despite the higher medical complexity of the patients who underwent surgery.
Authors
- Yu-Po Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2755-6290)
- Ryan Hoang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1212-6183)
- Nitin Bhatia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7905-3305)
- Michael Oh
- Ryan Le (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-2053)
- Joshua Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0438-5147)
- Noah Makaio Ross
- Hansen Bow
- J Morrissey
- Oluwaseun Awosanya
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Irvine University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Asian Spine Journal
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31616/asj.2024.0342
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00