Risk factors and in-hospital mortality in spondylodiscitis: Insights from a national inpatient sample analysis

• J. Gerstmeyer,
• C. Pierre,
• N. Patel,
• B. Anderson,
• D. Davis,
• P. Godolias,
• T. Schildhauer,
• A. Abdul-Jabbar,
• R.J. Oskouian,
• J. Chapman

Affiliations

J. Gerstmeyer

Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Neurosurgery - Cherry Hill, Seattle, United States of America; Department of General and Trauma Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum, Bochum, Germany

C. Pierre

Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Neurosurgery - Cherry Hill, Seattle, United States of America

N. Patel

Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Neurosurgery - Cherry Hill, Seattle, United States of America

B. Anderson

Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Neurosurgery - Cherry Hill, Seattle, United States of America

D. Davis

Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Neurosurgery - Cherry Hill, Seattle, United States of America

P. Godolias

Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, St. Josef Krankenhaus Essen-Werden GmbH, Essen, Germany

T. Schildhauer

Department of General and Trauma Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum, Bochum, Germany

A. Abdul-Jabbar

Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Neurosurgery - Cherry Hill, Seattle, United States of America

R.J. Oskouian

Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Neurosurgery - Cherry Hill, Seattle, United States of America

J. Chapman

Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Neurosurgery - Cherry Hill, Seattle, United States of America