OBJECTIVE Despite efforts toward achieving gender equality in clinical trial enrollment,
females are often underrepresented, and gender-specific data analysis is often unavailable …

The relationship between social determinants of health (SDOH) and neurosurgical
outcomes has become increasingly relevant. To date, results of prior work evaluating the …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The indication to perform a fusion and decompression surgery
as opposed to decompression alone for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis (LDS) …

OBJECTIVE Patient satisfaction is a new and important metric in the American healthcare
system. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems …

OBJECTIVE The American Association of Neurological Surgeons launched the Quality
Outcomes Database (QOD), a prospective longitudinal registry that includes demographic …

OBJECTIVE Several studies have described disparities between male and female patients
following spine surgery, but no pooled analyses have performed a robust review …

Study Design. Retrospective review of prospective, multicenter and international cohort
study. Objective. To describe the effect of gender on HRQoL, clinical outcomes and survival …

The role of gender, race, and socioeconomic status in patient outcomes and satisfaction has
been of interest to investigators, health policy makers, and the public. The results are …

Background Lumbar spinal disease causes disabilities in performing daily activities.
Operative treatments are aimed at pain relief and rapid return to routine activity. Patient …

Approximately 30% of patients who undergo spinal surgery for chronic back pain continue to
experience significant pain and disability up to 2 months following surgery. Prior studies …