Association Between Race and Short-Term Outcomes Across 3988 Consecutive Single-Level Spinal Fusions.
Austin J BorjaRitesh KarsaliaDaksh ChauhanRyan S GallagherEmelia G MalhotraMaria A PunchakJianbo NaScott D McClintockPaul J MarcotteJang W YoonZarina S AliNeil R MalhotraPublished in: Neurosurgery (2024)
Between otherwise homogenous spinal fusion cohorts, Black patients experienced unfavorable short-term outcomes. These disparities were not explained by differences in intraoperative complications. Further investigation must characterize and mitigate institutional and societal factors that contribute to outcome disparities.