Global Spine Journal • Vol 14 • No 7
Preoperative Serum Albumin Level Predicts Length of Stay and Perioperative Adverse Events Following Vertebral Corpectomy and Posterior Stabilization for Metastatic Spine Disease
March 2023 • Takashi Hirase, Khaled M. Taghlabi, Jesús G. Cruz-Garza, Amir H. Faraji, Rex A. W. Marco, Comron Saifi
Study Design Retrospective review of a prospectively collected national database Objectives To determine the association between preoperative serum albumin levels and perioperative adverse events (AEs) following vertebral corpectomy and posterior stabilization for metastatic spine disease. Methods The 2010 to 2019 American College of Surgeons’ National Surgical Quality Improvement (ACS-NSQIP) database was used to identify all patients undergoing vertebral corpectomy and posterior stabilization for metastatic spine…