Study Design. Cervical decompression (CD) and cervical fusion (CF) patients in 5%
Medicare Part B claims data. Objective. Evaluate the complication rate and associated risk …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of a population-based database. Objective. To
investigate national epidemiological trends of cervical spine surgical procedures from 2002 …

Study Design. Retrospective database analysis. Objective. To investigate national trends of
cervical spine surgical procedures from 2002 to 2011. Summary of Background Data. There …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort analysis of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
(ACDF) surgical procedures using a prospectively collected database. Objective. To …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected registry data using
multivariable analyses of imputed data Objective. We sought to demonstrate that age would …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort. Objectives. To describe the incidence of complications
and mortality associated with surgery for degenerative disease of the cervical spine using …

Objective To investigate risk factors and complications of cervical spine surgery in elderly
patients. Methods A retrospective study was performed using data from the American …

Study Design Retrospective population-based observational study. Objective To assess the
growth of cervical spine surgery performed in an outpatient setting. Methods A retrospective …

Study Design. Multivariate analysis of prospectively collected registry data. Objective. Using
multivariate analysis to determine significant risk factors for medical complication after …

Study Design Retrospective review of prospectively gathered data. Objective To report the
rate and impact of perioperative complications in cervical spine surgery. To our knowledge …