Defining rates and causes of mortality associated with spine surgery: comparison of 2 data collection approaches through the Scoliosis Research Society.

Study Design: Retrospective review of prospectively collected databases.

Objective: To compare 2 approaches for assessment of mortality associated with spine surgery.

Summary Of Background Data: The Scoliosis Research Society collects morbidity and mortality data from its members.

Assessment of Morbidity and Mortality Collection Data 2009.

Study Design: A retrospective analysis of the morbidity and mortality data collected by the SRS in 2009 with comparison to previous years.

Objectives: Objective of this study was to assess the new format of morbidity and mortality data collection by the SRS in 2009 and evaluate the data collected with comparison to previous years.

Summary Of Background Data: 2009 morbidity and mortality reporting format was dramatically changed from previous years.

Complications associated with surgical treatment of traumatic spinal fractures: a review of the scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality database.

Objective: Traumatic spinal fracture is a common indication for surgery, with an associated high incidence of perioperative complications. The literature provides a wide range in the incidence of complications. We seek to assess the perioperative morbidity and mortality of surgery for traumatic spinal fractures and to identify predictors of their occurrence.

Rates and causes of mortality associated with spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a review of the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Database.

Study Design: A retrospective review of a prospectively collected database.

Objective: To assess rates and causes of mortality associated with spine surgery.

Summary Of Background Data: Despite the best of care, all surgical procedures have inherent risks of complications, including mortality.

Rates of infection after spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee.

Study Design: Retrospective review of a prospectively collected database.

Objective: Our objective was to assess the rates of postoperative wound infection associated with spine surgery.

Summary Of Background Data: Although wound infection after spine surgery remains a common source of morbidity, estimates of its rates of occurrence remain relatively limited.

Incidence of unintended durotomy in spine surgery based on 108,478 cases.

Background: Unintended durotomy is a common complication of spinal surgery. However, the incidences reported in the literature vary widely and are based primarily on relatively small case numbers from a single surgeon or institution.

Objective: To provide spine surgeons with a reliable incidence of unintended durotomy in spinal surgery and to assess various factors that may influence the risk of durotomy.

Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,242 adults with spondylolisthesis.

Object: This is a retrospective review of 10,242 adults with degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) and isthmic spondylolisthesis (IS) from the morbidity and mortality (M&M) index of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). This database was reviewed to assess complication incidence, and to identify factors that were associated with increased complication rates.

Methods: The SRS M&M database was queried to identify cases of DS and IS treated between 2004 and 2007.

Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of six hundred five pediatric patients with isthmic or dysplastic spondylolisthesis.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected database.

Objective: To analyze the rate of complications, including neurologic deficits, associated with operative treatment of pediatric isthmic and dysplastic spondylolisthesis.

Summary Of Background Data: Pediatric isthmic and dysplastic spondylolisthesis are relatively uncommon dis-orders.

Complication rates of three common spine procedures and rates of thromboembolism following spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee.

Study Design: Retrospective review of a prospectively collected database.

Objective: The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) collects morbidity and mortality (M and M) data from its members. Our objectives were to assess complication rates for 3 common spine procedures, compare these results with prior literature as a means of validating the database, and to assess rates of pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in all cases reported to the SRS over 4 years.

Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,329 adults with degenerative lumbar stenosis.

Object: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prospectively collected Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) database to assess the incidences of morbidity and mortality (M&M) in the operative treatment of degenerative lumbar stenosis, one of the most common procedures performed by spine surgeons.

Methods: All patients who underwent surgical treatment for degenerative lumbar stenosis between 2004 and 2007 were identified from the SRS M&M database. Inclusion criteria for analysis included an age >or= 21 years and no history of lumbar surgery.