Short-Term Adverse Events, Length of Stay, and Readmission After Iliac Crest Bone Graft for Spinal Fusion
Gruskay JA, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Webb ML, Grauer JN. Short-Term Adverse Events, Length of Stay, and Readmission After Iliac Crest Bone Graft for Spinal Fusion. Spine 2014, 39: 1718-1724. PMID: 24979140, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000000476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIliac crest bone graftLength of stayPostoperative blood transfusionAdverse eventsCrest bone graftReadmission ratesBlood transfusionOperative timeSpinal fusionMultivariate analysisICBG cohortBone graftRetrospective cohort studyShort-term morbidityTerm adverse eventsShort-term outcomesBone graft harvestBivariate logistic regressionDonor site morbidityDatabase cohortCohort studySurgical dataSurgical timeGraft harvestBACKGROUND DATA