The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on perioperative complications and hospitalization costs of lumbar fusion: a national analysis
Despite longer hospital stays and increased hospital charges, patients with RA did not show an increased risk of most in-hospital complications associated with lumbar fusion during the perioperative phase in the United States, except for postoperative anemia and the requirement for blood transfusions.
Authors
- Qinfeng Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6382-3767)
- Qiongxiao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8012-8295)
- Wenyan Geng
- Qiyu Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5483-5896)
- Yuzhou Pang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-5050)
- Lulu Ye
- Jian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3967-470X)
- Yuhang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4292-3607)
- Gang Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9836-4571)
Institutions
- Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
- First People's Hospital of Foshan (CN)
- Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Southern Medical University (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Surgery
- Published
- 2025-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2025.1562714
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China