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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2010 Oct;10(10):881–889. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.07.391

Table6.

Risk Factors for Perioperative Mortality after Posterior Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Fusion-Procedure Related Complications and Surgical Indications (Model 3)

Complications Odds Ratio Lower-95%CI Upper -95%CI P-Value
Organ Specific Complications
CNS 4.202 2.805 6.294 <0.0001
Cardiac 7.356 5.414 9.993 <0.0001
Peripheral Vascular 0.838 0.264 2.662 0.765
Respiratory 1.656 1.118 2.452 0.012
Gastrointestinal 1.23 0.785 1.928 0.366
Genitourinary 1.073 0.614 1.875 0.805
Other Complications of Procedure
Shock 8.811 4.334 17.912 <0.0001
Hematoma/Seroma 1.462 0.938 2.279 0.093
Puncture Vessel/Nerve 1.229 0.827 1.826 0.308
Wound Dehiscence 1.883 0.9 3.939 0.093
Infection 2.626 1.661 4.151 <0.0001
Other 0.551 0.255 1.189 0.129
Medical Complication 0.754 0.176 3.236 0.704
Surgical Indication
Spinal Stenosis* 1.254 0.894 1.759 0.191
Scoliosis* 4.029 2.695 6.024 <0.0001
Spondylolisthesis* 1.341 0.834 2.154 0.226
Traumatic Indications* 10.221 7.494 13.941 <0.0001
Oncologic Indicatiuons* 15.98 11.345 22.51 <0.0001
Other Indications* 4.917 3.595 6.725 <0.0001
Multiple Indications* 0.806 0.598 1.086 0.156
*

Degenerative disc disease was used as reference.