Open AccessComplications following single-level interbody fusion procedures: an ACS-NSQIP study
Author(s) -
Jamal N. Shillingford,
Joseph L. Laratta,
Joseph M. Lombardi,
John D. Mueller,
Meghan Cerpa,
Hemant Reddy,
Comron Saifi,
Charla R. Fischer,
Ronald A. Lehman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of spine surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2414-469X
pISSN - 2414-4630
DOI - 10.21037/jss.2018.03.19
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , retrospective cohort study , surgery , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , lumbar , blood transfusion , cohort , spondylolisthesis
Controversy exists over the ability of various lumbar interbody fusion techniques to realign global and regional balance and their effect on patient outcomes. This is a retrospective cohort study to compare thirty-day postoperative outcomes between anterior and posterior interbody fusion techniques within a large national database.