The Effect of Parkinson’s Disease on Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery
Table 4
Adjusted complication odds ratio in PD patients undergoing lumbar surgery.
Complications
Odds ratio
Low 95% CI
High 95% CI
value
Cerebrovascular accident
0.49
0.07
3.58
0.484
Respiratory complication
0.85
0.56
1.29
0.444
Cardiac complication
1.01
0.72
1.43
0.940
Deep venous thrombosis
1.76
0.98
3.17
0.061
Peripheral vascular disease
1.38
0.45
4.31
0.575
Neurological complication
2.03
0.99
4.16
0.052
Genitourinary complication
1.47
1.16
1.87
0.001
Postoperative shock
1.24
0.40
3.87
0.716
Wound complication
0.88
0.12
6.47
0.904
Pulmonary embolism
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.0001
Postoperative infection
1.48
0.90
2.43
0.123
Postoperative hemorrhage
1.30
1.16
1.47
<0.0001
Postoperative pneumonia
0.39
0.05
2.85
0.354
Myocardial infarction
1.16
0.42
3.15
0.778
Arrhythmia
0.99
0.62
1.60
0.977
Death
0.53
0.17
1.667
0.277
PD: Parkinson’s disease. Regression modeling adjusting for gender, race, hospital (bed size, region, and location), and modified Elixhauser index—reference for PD patients without PD.
