Justin S Smith, Michael P Kelly, Thomas J Buell, David Ben-Israel, Bassel Diebo, Justin K Scheer, Breton Line, Virginie Lafage, Renaud Lafage, Eric Klineberg, Han Jo Kim, Peter Passias, Jeffrey L Gum, Khal Kebaish, Jeffrey P Mullin, Robert Eastlack, Alan Daniels, Alex Soroceanu, Gregory Mundis, Richard Hostin, Themistocles S Protopsaltis, D Kojo Hamilton, Munish Gupta, Stephen J Lewis, Frank J Schwab, Lawrence G Lenke, Christopher I Shaffrey, Douglas Burton, Christopher P Ames, Shay Bess
STUDY DESIGN: Multicenter comparative cohort. OBJECTIVE: Studies have shown markedly higher rates of complications and all-cause mortality following surgery for adult cervical deformity (ACD) compared with adult thoracolumbar deformity (ATLD), though the reasons for these differences remain unclear. Our objectives were to compare baseline frailty, disability, and comorbidities between ACD and complex ATLD patients undergoing surgery. METHODS: Two multicenter prospective adult spinal deformity registries were queried, one ATLD and one ACD...
November 10, 2023: Global Spine Journal