Impact of Dialysis on Complications, Discharge Outcomes, and Healthcare Costs Following Posterior Cervical Fusion Surgery: A National Database Study

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Study DesignRetrospective cohort study.ObjectiveDialysis dependent patients have been found to have greater healthcare utilization, rates of postoperative complications, and mortality after cervical spine surgery. However, there is a gap in the literature investigating the impact of dialysis dependency on outcomes after posterior cervical decompression and fusion (PCDF) specifically. To compare perioperative outcomes in dialysis-dependent and non-dialysis-dependent patients after PCDF from 2016...

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41338230/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=12QQbiNmM99eUQGIX1JjHIKcROC1Vzv4sOS-2S_LNI19uG_Yrk&fc=20220129225649&ff=20251210184529&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2

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Mitchell K Ng, Leonidas E Mastrokostas, Paul G Mastrokostas, Gregorio Baek, Jonathan Dalton, Adam Fano, Alec Giakas, Rajendra Singh, Afshin E Razi, Daniel R Fassett, Alan S Hilibrand, Alexander R Vaccaro, Gregory D Schroeder, Christopher K Kepler, Andrew P Alvarez

Date tagged:

12/10/2025, 18:45

Date published:

12/03/2025, 06:00