Outcomes and National Trends for the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spine Trauma
Table 2
Hospital characteristics of 102,316 vertebral compression fracture patients that underwent vertebral augmentation procedures between 2004 and 2011.
All cases ()
Vertebral augmentation procedure type
value
Fusion (30.6)
Kyphoplasty (17.1)
Vertebroplasty (49.9)
Multiple surgeries (2.5)
Hospital bed size, (%)
.001
Small
7442 (7.4)
1341 (4.3)
1539 (8.9)
4410 (8.7)
152 (6.2)
Medium
24182 (23.9)
6928 (22.4)
4011 (23.1)
12580 (24.9)
664 (27.1)
Large
69525 (68.7)
22617 (73.2)
11792 (68.0)
33482 (66.3)
1635 (66.7)
Teaching hospital, (%)
<.0001
Yes
49599 (49.0)
21819 (70.6)
7944 (45.8)
18595 (36.8)
1241 (50.6)
No
51550 (51.0)
9066 (29.4)
9397 (54.2)
31877 (63.2)
1210 (49.4)
Hospital region, (%)
<.0001
Northeast
12556 (12.3)
4401 (14.0)
1666 (9.5)
6113 (12.0)
376 (15.0)
Midwest
22374 (21.9)
6942 (22.2)
5025 (28.8)
9905 (19.4)
501 (20.0)
South
49935 (48.8)
13428 (42.9)
7296 (41.8)
27996 (54.9)
1216 (48.5)
West
17451 (17.1)
6561 (20.9)
3469 (19.9)
7007 (13.7)
414 (16.5)
Hospital location, (%)
.0003
Rural
6042 (6.0)
953 (3.1)
1182 (6.8)
3776 (7.5)
130 (5.3)
Urban
95108 (94.0)
29932 (96.9)
16159 (93.2)
46696 (92.5)
2321 (94.7)
Rounded percent (%); missing data rates: female (.06), race (18.7), primary payer (.23), median income (2.1), and hospital data (1.1). Comparisons between fusion, kyphoplasty, and vertebroplasty cohorts.
