National utilization and inpatient safety measures of lumbar spinal fusion methods by race/ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Background context

Degenerative lumbar conditions are prevalent, disabling, and frequently managed with decompression and fusion. Black patients have lower spinal fusion rates than White patients.

Purpose

Determine whether specific lumbar fusion procedure utilization differs by race/ethnicity and whether length of stay (LOS) or inpatient complications differ by race/ethnicity after accounting for procedure performed.

Study design

Large database retrospective cohort study PATIENT SAMPLE: Lumbar fusion recipients at least age 50 in the 2016 National Inpatient Sample with diagnoses of degenerative lumbar conditions.

Outcome measures

Type of fusion procedure used and inpatient safety measures including LOS, prolonged LOS, inpatient medical and surgical complication

SUBMITTER: Reyes AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8113062 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature