Prolonged length of stay after posterior surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy in patients over 65 years of age
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- 作者：Rafael De la Garza-Ramosa ; C. Rory Goodwina ; Nancy Abu-Bonsraha ; Amit Jainb ; Emily K. Millerb ; Brian J. Neumanb ; Themistocles S. Protopsaltisc ; Peter G. Passiasc ; Daniel M. Sciubbaa ; dsciubb1@jhmi.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Cervical spine ; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy ; Elderly patients ; Nationwide Inpatient Sample ; Posterior surgery ; Prolonged length of stay
- 刊名：Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：31
- 期：Complete
- 页码：137-141
- 全文大小：384 K
文摘
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A large inpatient database was used to identify elderly patients who underwent posterior surgery for cervical myelopathy.
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Prolonged length of stay (PLOS) was defined as stay beyond 6 days in this study.
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Predictive factors for PLOS included alcohol abuse, deep vein thrombosis, myocardial infarction, pneumonia, and others.
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PLOS was associated with significantly higher mortality rates and total hospital charges compared to the control group.