Background Many efforts are expended to improve health care quality in the surgical
treatment of spinal conditions. However, the prevalence of reporting complications in spinal …

Background Reporting complications and/or adverse events after spinal surgical procedures
enables the estimation of their prevalence and of their impact on patient outcomes …

Objective To define the “complications of spinal surgery,” we surveyed a large group of
practicing spine surgeons to establish a preliminary definition of perioperative …

Object The overall incidence of complications or adverse events in spinal surgery is
unknown. Both prospective and retrospective analyses have been performed, but the results …

Object Definitions of complications in spinal surgery are not clear. Therefore, the authors
assessed a group of practicing spine surgeons and, through the surgeons' responses to an …

Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To define the term “complications” from the
spine surgery literature and contrast this with definitions from other federal institutions, to …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Recent years have witnessed a shift in the assessment of spine
surgical outcomes with a greater focus on the patient's perspective. However, this approach …

Object The reported incidence of complications in spine surgery varies widely. Variable
study methodologies may open differing avenues for potential bias, and unclear definitions …

The issue of complications in surgery—in spinal surgery in particular—is a highly important
topic especially in the current climate of healthcare reform. Surgeons are constantly striving …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Several studies have examined the occurrence of medical
complication after spine surgery. However, many of these studies have been done using …