Research Article
Outcomes and National Trends for the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spine Trauma
Table 3
Outcomes 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) |
| | Mortality rate, (%) | 560 (0.5) | 246 (0.8) | 115 (0.7) | 164 (0.3) | 35 (1.4) | <.0001 | | Nonroutine discharge, (%) | 56650 (55.4) | 16184 (51.7) | 11971 (68.6) | 26883 (52.7) | 1611 (64.3) | <.0001 | | Length of stay, days | | | | | | <.0001 | | Average (SD) | 6.5 (0.1) | 9.8 (0.1) | 5.8 (0.09) | 4.6 (0.1) | 7.5 (0.3) | | | Median (IQR) | 5 (2–8) | 7 (5–11) | 4 (3–7) | 3 (1–6) | 6 (3–10) | | | Average total charges () | | | | | | <.0001 | | Average (SD) | 72304 (1774) | 140484 (3707) | 34363 (864) | 42459 (796) | 99293 (4656) | | | Median (IQR) | 45361 (26251–87838) | 113067 (75839–167976) | 26581 (17903–41173) | 34898 (23504–51781) | 74047 (41641–131571) | | | Complications, (%) | | | | | | <.0001 | | Any | 20091 (19.6) | 7534 (24.0) | 3743 (21.4) | 8176 (16.0) | 637 (25.4) | | | 0 | 8226 (80.4) | 23798 (76.0) | 13713 (78.6) | 42845 (84.0) | 1870 (74.6) | | | 1 | 17309 (16.9) | 5793 (18.5) | 3477 (19.9) | 7518 (14.7) | 522 (20.8) | | | 2 | 2339 (2.3) | 1424 (4.5) | 244 (1.4) | 593 (1.2) | 78 (3.1) | | | 3+ | 442 (0.4) | 316 (1.0) | 23 (0.1) | 65 (0.1) | 38 (1.5) | | | Patient safety indicators, (%) | | | | | | | | Any | 9406 (9.2) | 4235 (13.5) | 1537 (8.8) | 3334 (6.5) | 300 (12.0) | <.0001 | | 0 | 92910 (90.8) | 27097 (86.5) | 15919 (91.2) | 47687 (93.5) | 2207 (88.0) | | | 1 | 8107 (7.9) | 3444 (11.0) | 1365 (7.8) | 3047 (6.0) | 251 (10.0) | | | 2 | 1015 (1.0) | 627 (21.0) | 118 (0.7) | 231 (0.5) | 40 (1.6) | | | 3+ | 286 (0.3) | 164 (0.5) | 55 (0.3) | 57 (0.1) | 9 (0.4) | |
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Rounded percent (%).
Comparisons between fusion, kyphoplasty, and vertebroplasty cohorts.
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