Adult Cervical Deformity Patients Have Higher Baseline Frailty, Disability, and Comorbidities Compared With Complex Adult Thoracolumbar Deformity Patients: A Comparative Cohort Study of 616 Patients.
Justin S SmithMichael P KellyThomas J BuellDavid Ben-IsraelBassel G DieboJustin K ScheerBreton G LineVirginie LafageRenaud LafageEric KlinebergPhilip J YorkPeter PassiasJeffrey L GumKhal KebaishJeffrey P MullinRobert EastlackAlan DanielsAlex SoroceanuGregory MundisRichard HostinThemistocles S ProtopsaltisD Kojo HamiltonMunish GuptaStephen J LewisFrank J SchwabLawrence G LenkeChristopher I ShaffreyDouglas BurtonChristopher P AmesShay Bessnull nullPublished in: Global spine journal (2023)
Compared with ATLD patients, ACD patients had worse baseline characteristics on all measures assessed (comorbidities/disability/frailty). These differences may help account for greater risk of complications and all-cause mortality previously observed in ACD patients and facilitate strategies for better preoperative optimization.