Background Patients undergoing surgical treatment of adult spinal deformity (ASD) are often
preoperatively risk stratified using standardized instruments to assess for perioperative …

Adult spinal deformity (ASD) may cause severe disability and difficulty with daily activities.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of preoperative functional status on …

Abstract Background Context Several spine-specific comorbidity indices are available to
help risk-stratify patients before they undergo invasive spine procedures. Studies of patients …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT It is imperative to determine which factors have greater
implications on postoperative outcomes, which can afford tailored treatment plans for adult …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Researchers have developed an increasing number of spine-
specific tools to quantify medical comorbidities and risk-stratify patients. However, ASD …

Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospectively enrolled multicenter Adult Spinal
Deformity (ASD) database. Objective. Investigate invasiveness and outcomes of ASD …

Study Design: This was a retrospective cohort study of a national dataset. Purpose: The
purpose of this study was to consider the influence of frailty on the development of hospital …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is a frailty-identifying
metric developed using ICD-10-CM codes. While other studies have examined frailty in adult …

Study Design. Retrospective review of prospectively collected multicenter registry data.
Objective. The aim of this study was to determine whether surgical variables and …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Corrective surgery for adult spinal deformity (ASD) improves
health-related quality of life but has high complication rates. Predicting a patient's risk of …