Increased Risk of Complications After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in the Elderly
Buerba RA, Giles E, Webb ML, Fu MC, Gvozdyev B, Grauer JN. Increased Risk of Complications After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in the Elderly. Spine 2014, 39: 2062-2069. PMID: 25271519, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000000606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cervical discectomyCervical discectomyElderly patientsPulmonary embolism/deep vein thrombosisSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseCentral nervous system complicationsQuality Improvement Program databaseShorter operating room timeNervous system complicationsImprovement Program databaseIndependent risk factorRetrospective cohort analysisDeep vein thrombosisRisk of complicationsMultivariate logistic regressionMulti-institutional databaseFisher's exact testOperating room timeLogistic regression modelsHospital complicationsPreoperative comorbiditiesUrinary complicationsPatients 65Respiratory complications