Objective: To investigate the role of seasonality on postoperative complications after spinal surgery.
Methods: Data were obtained from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database from 2011 to 2018. Current Procedural Terminology codes were used to identify the following procedures: posterior cervical decompression and fusion, cervical laminoplasty, posterior lumbar fusion, lumbar laminectomy, and spinal deformity surgery.