Developing a triage predictive model for access to a spinal surgeon using clinical variables and natural language processing of radiology reports.
Brandon KrebsAndrew NatarajErin McCabeShannon ClarkZahin SufiyanShelby S YamamotoOsmar ZaïaneDouglas P GrossPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)
A logistic regression model was created to predict which patients may require spine surgery. Simple clinical variables appeared more predictive than variables created using NLP. However, additional research with more data samples is needed to validate this model and fully evaluate the usefulness of NLP for this task.