Table 2.
Male |
Female |
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LMD Mean | ACDF Mean | LDF Mean | LMD Mean | ACDF Mean | LDF Mean | |
No obesity, no COPD | ||||||
LOS | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Hcost ($) | 14,322 | 30,876 | 58,085 | 15,309 | 25,517 | 56,132 |
Obesity, no COPD | ||||||
LOS | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Hcost ($) | 13,056 | 27,676 | 54,346 | 16,866 | 26,290 | 59,580 |
No obesity, COPD | ||||||
LOS | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Hcost ($) | 17,759 | 27,238 | 50,436 | 14,291 | 24,581 | 63,068 |
Obesity, COPD | ||||||
LOS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Hcost ($) | 25,896 | 23,407 | 62,457 | 11,322 | 46,478 | 60,658 |
LOS = Length of stay in days, Hcost = Hospital cost, LMD = Lumbar microdiskectomy, ACDR = Anteriorcervical decompression and fusion, LDF = Lumbar decompression and fusion