Incidence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Implications of Postoperative Hematoma Requiring Reoperation Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Bovonratwet P, Fu MC, Tyagi V, Bohl DD, Ondeck NT, Albert TJ, Grauer JN. Incidence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Implications of Postoperative Hematoma Requiring Reoperation Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Spine 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30247374, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cervical discectomyRisk factorsPostoperative hematomaCervical discectomyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseClinical implicationsPreoperative international normalized ratioQuality Improvement Program databaseDeep wound infectionHigh-risk patientsImprovement Program databaseDevelopment of hematomaInternational normalized ratioLarge cohort studyOccurrence of hematomaACDF patientsPreoperative anemiaVentilator requirementAnesthesiologists classificationPostoperative lengthCohort studyPerioperative periodCatastrophic complicationPrimary outcomeSubsequent complications