Vitamin D deficiency during the perioperative period increases the rate of hardware failure and the need for revision fusion in adult patients undergoing single-level lumbar spine instrumentation surgery

Vitamin D deficiency during the perioperative period increases the rate of hardware failure and the need for revision fusion in adult patients undergoing single-level lumbar spine instrumentation surgery

Background: Vitamin D has been shown to play important roles in both calcium homeostasis and bone healing. Only three studies have directly examined the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and hardware failure, nonunion, and/or revision surgery. Results are contradictory and none were large en...

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Main Authors: Bianca Robison, BS, Christina Wright, MD, MPH, Spencer Smith, BS, Travis Philipp, MD, Jung Yoo, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
Series:North American Spine Society Journal
Subjects:
Vitamin D
Vitamin d deficiency
Lumbar
Lumbar fusion
Hardware failure
Revision surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666548422001007

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