Spine Surgery and Related Research (Oct 2017)

Risk factors of cervical surgery related complications in patients older than 80 years

  • Koji Tamai,
  • Hidetomi Terai,
  • Akinobu Suzuki,
  • Hiroaki Nakamura,
  • Masaomi Yamashita,
  • Yawara Eguchi,
  • Shiro Imagama,
  • Kei Ando,
  • Kazuyoshi Kobayashi,
  • Morio Matsumoto,
  • Ken Ishii,
  • Tomohiro Hikata,
  • Shoji Seki,
  • Masaaki Aramomi,
  • Tetsuhiro Ishikawa,
  • Atsushi Kimura,
  • Hirokazu Inoue,
  • Gen Inoue,
  • Masayuki Miyagi,
  • Wataru Saito,
  • Kei Yamada,
  • Michio Hongo,
  • Kenji Endo,
  • Hidekazu Suzuki,
  • Atsushi Nakano,
  • Kazuyuki Watanabe,
  • Junichi Ohya,
  • Hirotaka Chikuda,
  • Yasuchika Aoki,
  • Masayuki Shimizu,
  • Toshimasa Futatsugi,
  • Keijiro Mukaiyama,
  • Masaichi Hasegawa,
  • Katsuhito Kiyasu,
  • Haku Iizuka,
  • Kotaro Nishida,
  • Kenichiro Kakutani,
  • Hideaki Nakajima,
  • Hideki Murakami,
  • Satoru Demura,
  • Satoshi Kato,
  • Katsuhito Yoshioka,
  • Takashi Namikawa,
  • Kei Watanabe,
  • Kazuyoshi Nakanishi,
  • Yukihiro Nakagawa,
  • Mitsunori Yoshimoto,
  • Hiroyasu Fujiwara,
  • Norihiro Nishida,
  • Masataka Sakane,
  • Masashi Yamazaki,
  • Takashi Kaito,
  • Takeo Furuya,
  • Sumihisa Orita,
  • Seiji Ohtori

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22603/ssrr.1.2017-0002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 4
pp. 179 – 184

Abstract

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Introduction: With an aging population, the proportion of patients aged 80 years requiring cervical surgery is increasing. Surgeons are concerned with the high incidence of complications in this population, because “age” itself has been reported as a strong risk factor for complications. However, it is still unknown which factors represent higher risk among these elderly patients. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the risk factors related to surgical complications specific to elderly patients by analyzing the registry data of patients aged 80 years who underwent cervical surgery. Methods: We retrospectively studied multicenter collected registry data using multivariate analysis. Sixty-six patients aged 80 years who underwent cervical surgery and were followed up for more than one year were included in this study. Preoperative patient demographic data, including comorbidities and postoperative complications, were collected from multicenter registry data. Complications were considered as major if they required invasive intervention, caused prolonged morbidity, or resulted in prolongation of hospital stay. Logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze the risk factors for complications. A p-value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: The total number of patients with complications was 21 (31.8%), with seven major (10.6%) and 14 minor (21.2%) complications. Multivariate logistic regression analysis, after adjusting for age, revealed two significant risk factors: preoperative cerebrovascular disorders (OR, 6.337; p=0.043) for overall complications and cancer history (OR, 8.168; p=0.021) for major complications. Age, presence of diabetes mellitus, and diagnosis were not significant predictive factors for complications in this study. Conclusions: Preoperative cerebrovascular disorders and cancer history were risk factors for complications after cervical surgery in patients over 80 years old. Surgeons should pay attention to these specific risk factors before performing cervical surgery in elderly patients.

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