A temporal analysis of perioperative complications following COVID-19 infection in patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion: When is it safe to proceed?

A temporal analysis of perioperative complications following COVID-19 infection in patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion: When is it safe to proceed?

Background Context: COVID-19 has been shown to adversely affect multiple organ systems, yet little is known about its effect on perioperative complications after spine surgery or the optimal timing of surgery after an infection. We used the NIH National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) database to c...

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Main Authors: Justin P. Chan, MD, Henry Hoang, BS, Sohaib Z. Hashmi, MD, Yu-Po Lee, MD, Nitin N. Bhatia, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:North American Spine Society Journal
Subjects:
COVID-19
Coronavirus
SARS-CoV2
Lumbar fusion
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666548423000641

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