Rogerson et al reported predictors for complications following anterior cervical diskectomy. A patient with one or more of the risk factors may benefit from interventions to reduce the risk of complications. The authors are from Tufts Medical Center and Newton Wellesley Hospital in Boston.
Patient selection: 1 or 2 level anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF)
The risk of any medical complication was about 3%.
Complications:
(1) mortality
(2) airway complications
(3) neurologic complications
(4) surgical site infection (SSI)
Risk Factors
Mortality
Airway
Neurologic
SSI
chronic kidney disease
yes
> 65 years
yes
male sex
yes
myelopathy
yes
yes
diabetes
yes
anemia
yes
yes
bleeding
yes
COPD
yes
obstructive sleep apnea
yes
obesity
yes
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