New Reoperation Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at Ajou University School of Medicine (Risk factors for reoperation after lumbar spine surgery in a 10-year Korean national health insurance service health examinee cohort): Surgery – Reoperation

2022 MAR 01 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New study results on reoperation have been published. According to news reporting out of Ajou University School of Medicine by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Degenerative lumbar spine disease is becoming increasingly prevalent in the aging population. Surgical treatment is the standard treatment modality for intractable cases, but the reoperation rate remains high.”

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Ajou University School of Medicine: “We conducted this study to longitudinally evaluate the impact of health risk factors on the risk of lumbar spine reoperation in Koreans aged over 40 years. Subjects aged > 40 years who underwent their first lumbar spinal surgery between January 2005 and December 2008 were selected and followed up until 2015. A total of 6300 people were included. The reoperation rate during the 10-year follow-up period was 13.2% (831/6300 patients). The reoperation rate was the highest in patients in their 60 s (15.4%, P < 0.05). The reoperation rates were also significantly higher in men (vs. women: 14.7% vs. 11.7%, P < 0.05), smokers (vs. non-smokers: 15.2% vs. 12.7%, P < 0.05), alcohol drinkers (vs. non-drinkers: 14.7% vs. 12.4%, P < 0.05), and those with a higher Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score (CCI 0, 11.6%; 1-2, 13.2%; and 3, 15%; P < 0.05).”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Among patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery, reoperation is performed in 13.2% of patients within 10 years. Male sex, age in the 60 s, alcohol use, smoking, higher Hgb and a high CCI score increased the risk of reoperation after lumbar spine operation.”

For more information on this research see: Risk factors for reoperation after lumbar spine surgery in a 10-year Korean national health insurance service health examinee cohort. Scientific Reports, 2022,12(1):1-9. (Scientific Reports - http://www.nature.com/srep/index.html). The publisher for Scientific Reports is Nature Portfolio.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08376-w.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Sung Hyun Noh, Department of Neurosurgery, Ajou University School of Medicine. Additional authors for this research include Pyung Goo Cho, Keung Nyun Kim, Boeun Lee, Jae Kwang Lee, Sang Hyun Kim.

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