Preoperative prognostic nutritional index as a predictive factor for medical complication after cervical posterior decompression surgery: A multicenter study

Study design: Retrospective longitudinal cohort study. Objective: To investigate postoperative medical complications in patients with malnutrition after cervical posterior surgery. Methods: A total of 256 patients were participated and divided into PNI < 50 group (group L) or PNI ≥ 50 (group H)....

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Main Authors: Kenta Kurosu, Shin Oe, Tomohiko Hasegawa, Satoshi Shimizu, Go Yoshida, Sho Kobayashi, Tomotada Fujita, Tomohiro Yamada, Koichiro Ide, Yuh Watanabe, Keiichi Nakai, Yu Yamato, Tatsuya Yasuda, Tomohiro Banno, Hideyuki Arima, Yuki Mihara, Hiroki Ushirozako, Yukihiro Matsuyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23094990211006869