Impact of Preoperative Frailty on Outcomes in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Undergoing Anterior vs. Posterior Cervical Surgery
Elsamadicy A, Sayeed S, Sherman J, Craft S, Reeves B, Lo S, Shin J, Sciubba D. Impact of Preoperative Frailty on Outcomes in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Undergoing Anterior vs. Posterior Cervical Surgery. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2023, 13: 114. PMID: 38202121, PMCID: PMC10779741, DOI: 10.3390/jcm13010114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-routine dischargeHealthcare resource utilizationAdverse eventsHealth care utilizationFrail patientsIndependent predictorsPreoperative frailtySevere frailtyExtended LOSCare utilizationFrail cohortIncidence of AEsGreater health care utilizationMultivariate logistic regression analysisMore frail patientsPosterior cervical decompressionRetrospective cohort studyAnterior cervical discectomyPerioperative adverse eventsAdditional prospective studiesNational Inpatient SamplePosterior cervical surgeryLogistic regression analysisHigh rateCervical decompression