Identification of an Operative Time Threshold for Substantially Increased Postoperative Complications Among Elderly Spine Surgery Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Objectives

To identify whether thresholds exist beyond which operative duration or age increases risks for complications among patients ≥65 years undergoing elective spine surgery.

Methods

Elective inpatient spine procedures unrelated to infection/trauma/tumor diagnoses in patients <65 years recorded in the 2006-2019 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement database were identified. Univariate analyses was used to compare 30 day complication rates among 5 operative duration and age-stratified groups. To quantify the risk of prolonged operative duration on complications, multivariate analyses were performed controlling for confounders. A generalized linear model was used to assess the individual and com

SUBMITTER: Findlay MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11394508 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature