Diabetes and early postoperative outcomes following lumbar fusion.

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STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample administrative data from 1988 through 2003. OBJECTIVE: To examine perioperative morbidity and mortality for patients with and without diabetes mellitus following lumbar spinal fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Diabetes has been associated with worse outcomes in a variety of orthopedic procedures including spinal surgery. There is limited evidence that diabetic patients have more complications following...

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Authors: Browne, J; Cook, C; Pietrobon, R; Bethel, M; Richardson, W

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Spine
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 20
• Pages: 2214-2219
• Publication date: 2007-09-01
• DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e31814b1bc0
• EISSN: 1528-1159
• ISSN: 0362-2436
• Language: English
• Keywords: Spinal Fusion; Adult; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Hospital Mortality; Treatment Outcome; Aged; Patient Discharge; Case-Control Studies; Time Factors; Spinal Diseases; Female; Male; United States; Risk Assessment; Surgical Wound Infection; Humans; Cohort Studies; Lumbar Vertebrae; Blood Transfusion; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Hospital Costs; Odds Ratio; Middle Aged; Pneumonia; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Length of Stay