Evaluating the utility and quality of large administrative databases in pediatric spinal neurosurgery research.
Sarah NguyenParker CoxJustin M CampbellDouglas L BrockmeyerMichael J KarsyPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2021)
Large administrative databases are commonly used within pediatric spine-related neurosurgical research to cover a broad spectrum of research questions and study topics. The heterogeneity of research to this point encourages the continued use of large databases to better understand treatment and diagnostic trends, perioperative and long-term outcomes, and rare pathologies within pediatric spinal neurosurgery.