Letter: A Pathway to Safe Spine Surgery in Underweight Frail Patients: The Revised Risk Analysis Index Displays Remarkable Discrimination for 30-Day Postoperative Mortality and Nonhome Discharge

Neurosurgery. 2023 Aug 1;93(2):e42-e45. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002550. Epub 2023 May 29.

Authors

Oluwafemi P Owodunni^{1

2}, Uchenna Peter-Okaka^{2

3}, Evan N Courville^{1

2}, Meic H Schmidt^{1

2}, Christian A Bowers^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque , New Mexico , USA.
² Department of Surgery, Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Albuquerque , New Mexico , USA.
³ Department of Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown , West Virginia , USA.

PMID: 37246860
DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002550

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Frail Elderly*
Humans
Patient Discharge*
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Thinness