… risk factors for mortality and complications following spine surgery among a series of … ,
and surgical characteristics to influence complications and mortality following spine surgery. …

… incidence of complications and mortality associated with cervical spine surgery for degenerative
… age, primary diagnosis, and type of surgical procedure and complications and mortality. …

… complications of spinal fusions presented in this study is pivotal to appropriate surgical patient
… This trend is consistent with previous literature examining dysphagia after spinal surgery. …

… They define an AE as any unexpected or undesirable events occurring as a result of
spinal surgery, and a complication as a disease or disorder, which, as a consequence of a …

… Few authors have assessed complication incidence from the patient’s perspective. … spine
surgery complications literature and address the effect of study design on reported complication …

… of postoperative complications after lumbar spine surgery. However, a body mass index 25
kg/m 2 or more was not associated with a longer hospitalization or a greater risk of mortality …

… any spine surgery procedure during the … complication in spinal surgery was defined as “any
untoward event occurring to a patient while on the neurosurgical service” [10]. Complications …

… evidence to establish expected mortality and complication rates after cervical spine surgery
is “low,” … to establish expected mortality and complication rates after thoracic spine surgery is “…

… Studies evaluating complications after spinal surgery in older patients feature surgeries
with a … fully our results aid spinal surgeons in patient counseling and treatment decision-making …

… These complications may lead to severe or even permanent morbidity if left unrecognized …
range of complications in the early postoperative period from more benign complications such …