The Development of a Nationwide, Multicenter Electronic Database for Spinal Instrumentation Surgery in Japan: Japanese Spinal Instrumentation Society Database (JSIS-DB)

(1) Background: Despite the number of complicated and expensive spine surgery procedures maintained by the national health insurance system in Japan, until now there has been no large-scale multicenter clinical database for this field to understand and improve healthcare expenditure and treatment outcomes. The purpose of this report is to announce the establishment and methodology of a nationwide registry system for spinal instrumentation surgeries by the Japanese Spinal Instrumentation Society...