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Risk factors of epidural hematoma in patients undergoing spinal surgery: a meta-analysis of 29 cohort studies.

Mingjiang LuoQi CaoZhiming ZhaoYuxin ShiQilong YiJiang ChenXin ZengZhongze WangHaoyun WangYuxin YangJuemiao ChenGaigai YangBeijun ZhouCan LiangRidong TanDi WangSiliang TangJinshan HuangZhihong XiaoZu-Bing Mei
Published in: International journal of surgery (London, England) (2023)
Obvious risk factors for SEH include four patient-related risk factors, including older age, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, and two surgery-related risk factors, including revision surgery and multilevel procedures. These findings, however, must be interpreted with caution because most of these risk factors had small effect sizes. Nonetheless, they may help clinicians identify high-risk patients to improve prognosis.
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