Outcomes and National Trends for the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spine Trauma
Table 4
Adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for factors associated with mortality, nonroutine discharge, complication, and safety related adverse events ().
Outcomes
value
Mortality, OR (95% CI)
value
Nonroutine discharge OR (95% CI)
value
Complication OR (95% CI)
value
Patient safety indicators OR (95% CI)
Age in decades
2.0 (1.6–2.5)
<.0001
1.6 (1.6–1.7)
<.0001
1.1 (1.0–1.1)
.002
1.1 (1.0–1.1)
<.0001
Gender (ref: male)
Female
0.7 (0.4–1.1)
.14
1.2 (1.1–1.3)
<.0001
1.0 (0.9–1.1)
.40
0.7 (0.6–0.8)
<.0001
Race (ref: nonwhite)
White
1.3 (0.6–1.6)
.51
1.1 (1.0–1.3)
.08
1.2 (1.0–1.4)
.02
1.2 (1.0–1.5)
.03
Insurance (ref: nonprivate)
Private
0.8 (0.4–1.6)
.54
1.0 (0.9–1.1)
.79
1.0 (0.9–1.1)
.91
1.1 (0.9–1.3)
.26
Comorbidities
1.1 (0.9–1.2)
1.3 (1.3-1.3)
<.0001
1.6 (1.6–1.7)
<.0001
1.3 (1.2–1.4)
<.0001
Type of procedure (ref: vertebroplasty)
Fusion
6.2 (3.4–11.3)
<.0001
2.9 (2.5–3.4)
<.0001
2.2 (1.9–2.6)
<.0001
1.8 (1.5–2.2)
<.0001
Kyphoplasty
1.7 (1.0–3.0)
.04
1.5 (1.3–1.7)
<.0001
1.2 (1.1–1.4)
.003
1.1 (0.9–1.3)
.19
Length of stay, days
1.1 (1.1-1.1)
<.0001
1.2 (1.2-1.2)
<.0001
1.1 (1.1-1.1)
<.0001
1.1 (1.1-1.1)
<.0001
Outcome analysis excludes patients that had multiple procedures (, 2.5%). Unit increments.
