A simple scoring system for predicting early major complications in spine surgery: the cumulative effect of age and size of surgery

A simple scoring system for predicting early major complications in spine surgery: the cumulative effect of age and size of surgery

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the cumulative effect of risk factors associated with early major complications in postoperative spine surgery. Methods Retrospective analysis of 583 surgically-treated patients. Early “major” complications were defined as those that may lead to permanent detrimenta...

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Main Authors: Albert Vincent Berthier Brasil, Alisson R. Teles, Marcelo Ricardo Roxo, Marcelo Neutzling Schuster, Eduardo Ballverdu Zauk, Gabriel da Costa Barcellos, Pablo Ramon Fruett da Costa, Nelson Pires Ferreira, Jorge Luiz Kraemer, Marcelo Paglioli Ferreira, Pedro Luis Gobbato, Paulo Valdeci Worm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
spine, surgery
surgical wound invection
multivariate analysis
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