Objective Racial disparities are a major issue in health care but the overall extent of the
issue in spinal surgery outcomes is unclear. We conducted a systematic review/meta …

Study Design Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Objectives To evaluate the impact of
race on post-operative outcomes and complications following elective spine surgery in the …

OBJECTIVE Previous studies have suggested the possibility of racial disparities in surgical
outcomes for patients undergoing spine surgery, although this has not been thoroughly …

Study Design. A retrospective analysis of patient hospitalization and discharge records.
Objective. To examine the association between race and inpatient postoperative …

Rationale: Women have worse outcomes than men in several conditions more common in
men, including cardiac surgery and burns. Objectives: To describe the relationship between …

In the last decade numerous studies analyzed and described the surgical outcomes in male
and female patients submitted to orthopedic surgery. Although this, the impact of sex/gender …

OBJECTIVE The authors set out to conduct the first national-level study assessing the risks
and outcomes for different lumbar fusion procedures in patients with opioid use disorders …

Background Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to the surgical bed of resected brain
metastases is now considered the standard of care due to its advantages over whole brain …

Background The incidence of metastatic spine disease (MSD) is increasing among cancer
patients. Given the poor outcomes and high rates of morbidity associated with MSD, it is …

For older patients with decreased reserve function, traumatic cervical spine injuries
frequently lead to early mortality. However, the prognostic factors for early mortality remain …