Racial Disparities in Perioperative Morbidity Following Oncological Spine Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Objective

To assess the impact of race on complications following spinal tumor surgery.

Methods

Adults with cancer who underwent spine tumor surgery were identified in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program datasets from 2012 to 2016. Clavien-Dindo Grade I-II (minor complications) and Clavien-Dindo Grade III-V (major complications including 30-day mortality) complications were compared between non-Hispanic Whites (NHW) and Black patients. A multivariable analysis was also conducted.

Results

Of 1,226 identified patients, 85.9% were NHW (n = 1,053) and 14.1% were Black (n = 173). The overall rate of Grade I-II complications was 16.2%; 15.1% for NHW patients and 23.1% for Black patien

SUBMITTER: De la Garza Ramos R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10416608 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature