Racial Disparities in Perioperative Morbidity Following Oncological Spine Surgery.
R de La Garza RamosJong Hyun ChoiIshan NaiduJoshua A BentonMurray EchtVijay YanamadalaPeter G PassiasJohn H ShinDavid J AltschulC Rory GoodwinDaniel M SciubbaReza YassariPublished in: Global spine journal (2021)
Black patients who underwent metastatic spinal tumor surgery were at a significantly increased risk of perioperative morbidity compared to NHW patients independent of baseline and operative characteristics. Major complications did not differ between groups. Race should be further studied in the context of metastatic spine disease to improve our understanding of these disparities.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- squamous cell carcinoma
- small cell lung cancer
- chronic kidney disease
- patients undergoing
- cardiac surgery
- prostate cancer
- spinal cord
- minimally invasive
- healthcare
- patient reported outcomes
- acute kidney injury
- spinal cord injury
- acute coronary syndrome
- radical prostatectomy