Identifying Subsets of Patients With Adult Spinal Deformity Who Maintained a Positive Response to Nonoperative Management.

Peter G PassiasWaleed AhmadPeter TretiakovOscar KrolFrank SegretoRenaud LafageVirginie LafageAlex SoroceanuAlan DanielsJeffrey GumBreton LineAndrew J SchoenfeldShaleen ViraRobert HartDouglas BurtonJustin S SmithChristopher P AmesChristopher ShaffreyFrank SchwabShay Bessnull null

Published in: Neurosurgery (2023)

Success of nonoperative treatment was more frequent among younger patients and those with less severe deformity and frailty at BL, with BL frailty the most important determinant factor. The factors presented here may be useful in informing preoperative discussion and clinical decision-making regarding treatment strategies.

Keyphrases

decision making
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
spinal cord
prognostic factors
early onset
spinal cord injury
combination therapy