HIV and Surgery for Degenerative Spine Disease: A Systematic Review.

Frederico Arriaga Criscuoli Farias Carolina Matté DagostiniAsdrubal Falavigna

Published in: Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery (2021)

HIV-positive individuals appear to undergo less surgery for DSD than HIV-negative individuals. Improvement rates appear to be similar in both groups, even though some complications appear to be more prevalent in HIV carriers. Larger studies are needed for decisive evidence on the subject.

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