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Mean/ Frequency Age 51.0±11.3 years (22-89) Gender Male 416 (54.2) Female 352 (45.8) Length of Stay 1.9± 1.6 days(0-20) Diagnosis Brachial neuritis or radiculitis NOS 14 (1.82) Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy 177 (23.05) Cervical spondylosis without myelopathy 54 (7.03) Displacement of cervical intervertebraldisc without myelopathy 367 (47.79) Degeneration of cervical intervertebraldisc 28 (3.65) cervical intervertebral disc disorder 94 (12.24) cervical spinal stenosis 34 (4.43) Approach Anterior 640 (83) Posterior 128 (17) Disposition Home / Self care 607 (79.03) Home /Health care service 128 (16.67) Rehabilitation Facility 16 (2.08) Nursing Facilityy 11(1.43) Short-term hospital/ Health care facility 5 (0.65) Expired 1(0.13) Procedures Anterior fusion 626 (81.51) Posterior fusion 79 (10.29) Spinal canal exploration 42 (5.47) Cervical disc replacement 14 (1.82) Atlantoaxial fusion 7 (0.91) APR-DRG disposition One 485 (63.48) Two 259 (33.90) Three 20 (2.62) Payer Private 526 (67.8) Medicare 102 (13.1) Workers comp 148 (19.1) APR-DRG: All Patient Related-Diagnosis Related Groups. Values in parenthesis denote percentage or range depending if categorical or continuous variables respectively.
Cause Number Persistent neurological symptoms: Revision surgery 3 Infection 2 Persistent wound drainage 1 Postoperative weakness/ fall 1 Workup for new diagnosis of spine metastasis 1 Anterior Posterior P value Age 49.1±10.3 years (22-81) 60.7±11.1 years (38-89) <0.0001 Gender Male 343 (53.6) 73 (57.0) 0.212 Female 297 (46.4) 55 (43.0) Length of Stay 1.9± 1.6 days (1-20) 3.4± 1.8 days (0-10) <0.0001 Diagnosis Brachial neuritis or radiculitis NOS 12 (1.9) 2 (1.6) <0.0001 Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy 99 (15.5) 78 (61.0) Cervical spondylosis without myelopathy 43 (6.7) 11 (8.6) Displacement of cervical intervertebral disc without myelopathy 357 (55.8) 10 (7.8) Degeneration of cervical intervertebral disc 24 (3.8) 4 (3.1) Cervical intervertebral disc disorder 85 (13.3) 9 (7.0) Cervical spinal stenosis 20 (3.1) 14 (11.0) Approach Anterior 640 N/A N/A Posterior N/A 128 Disposition Home / Self care 556 (86.9) 51 (39.8) <0.0001 Home /Health care service 67 (10.4) 61 (47.7) Rehabilitation Facility 6 (0.9) 10 (7.8) Nursing Facility 5(0.8) 6 (4.7) Short-term hospital/ Health care facility 4 (0.6) 0 (0) Expired 1(0.13) 0(0) Procedures Anterior fusion 626 (97.8) 0 <0.0001 Posterior fusion 0 79 (61.7) Spinal canal exploration 0 43 9 Cervical disc replacement 14 (2.2) 0 (0) Atlantoaxial fusion 0 (0) 7(5.5) APR-DRG disposition One 444 (69.8) 41 (32.0) <0.0001 Two 179 (28.1) 80 (62.5) Three 13 (2.0) 7 (5.5) Payer Private 439 (68.6) 84 (65.6) <0.0001 Medicare 60 (9.3) 39 (30.5) Workers comp 141 (22.0) 5 (3.9) APR-DRG: All Patient Related-Diagnosis Related Groups. Values in parenthesis denote percentage or range depending if categorical or continuous variables, respectively.
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