Dialysis is an independent risk factor for perioperative adverse events, readmission, reoperation, and mortality for patients undergoing elective spine surgery.

Background Context: The prevalence of dialysis-dependent patients in the United States is growing. Prior studies evaluating the risk of perioperative adverse events for dialysis-dependent patients are either institutional cohort studies limited by patient numbers or administrative database studies l...

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Published in:	Spine Journal Vol. 18; no. 11; pp. 2033 - 2043
Main Authors:	Ottesen, Taylor D., McLynn, Ryan P., Zogg, Cheryl K., Shultz, Blake N., Ondeck, Nathaniel T., Bovonratwet, Patawut, Bellamkonda, Kirthi S., Rubin, Lee E., Grauer, Jonathan N.
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier B.V. Nov2018
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