ArticleGlobal spine journal2024
Racial Differences in Perioperative Complications, Readmissions, and Mortalities After Elective Spine Surgery in the United States: A Systematic Review Using AI-Assisted Bibliometric Analysis.
Article in Global spine journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Preliminary guideline for reporting bibliometric reviews of the biomedical literature (BIBLIO): a minimum requirements.Systematic reviews · 2023Article
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Abstract
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designSystematic Review and Meta-analysis.
objectivesTo evaluate the impact of race on post-operative outcomes and complications following elective spine surgery in the United States.
methodsPUBMED, MEDLINE(R), ERIC, EMBASE, and SCOPUS were searched for studies documenting peri-operative events for White and African American (AA) patients following elective spine surgery. Pooled odds ratios were calculated for each 90-day outcome and meta-analyses were performed for 4 peri-operative events and 7 complication categories. Sub-analyses were performed for each outcome on single institution (SI) studies and works that included <100,000 patients.
results53 studies (5,589,069 patients, 9.8% AA) were included. Eleven included >100,000 patients. AA patients had increased rates of 90-day readmission (OR 1.33,
conclusionsAA patients faced a greater risk of morbidity across several distinct categories of peri-operative events. SI studies can be underpowered to detect more granular complication types (genitourinary, DVT/PE). Rare events, such as mortality, require larger sample sizes to identify significant racial disparities.
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