Characteristics and outcomes of patients who did not respond to a national spine surgery registry

Characteristics and outcomes of patients who did not respond to a national spine surgery registry

Abstract Background Loss to follow-up may bias outcome assessments in medical registries. This cohort study aimed to analyze and compare patients who failed to respond with those that responded to the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery (NORspine). Methods We analyzed a cohort of 474 consecutive pa...

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Main Authors: Simran Kaur, Ole Kristian Alhaug, Filip C. Dolatowski, Tore K. Solberg, Greger Lønne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Loss to follow-up
Spine surgery
Attrition bias
Registry
Non-response
Lumbar spinal stenosis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06267-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06267-3

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