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Assessment of Morbidity and Mortality Collection Data 2009

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Abstract

Study Design

A retrospective analysis of the morbidity and mortality data collected by the SRS in 2009 with comparison to previous years.

Objectives

Objective of this study was to assess the new format of morbidity and mortality data collection by the SRS in 2009 and evaluate the data collected with comparison to previous years.

Summary of Background Data

2009 morbidity and mortality reporting format was dramatically changed from previous years. This was done in an attempt to simplify the reporting process and to narrow the reporting to only three sentinel events: death, blindness, and neurologic injury. Only deformity cases including scoliosis, kyphosis, and Grade III or greater spondylolisthesis were included.

Methods

Results were obtained from the SRS M & M reporting summary for 2009. These included detailed analysis for complications including death, blindness, and neurologic injury. These were compared to similar statistics obtained from the years dating back to 2001. Blindness has not previously been reported.

Results

80.1% of SRS members submitted 35,267 deformity cases. Both the percentage of members submitting data and the number of deformity cases far exceeded any previous year total. 57.6% of cases involved scoliosis, 10.5% kyphosis, and 31.9% spondylolisthesis. Neurologic complications were lower in each major category (scoliosis, kyphosis, and spondylolisthesis) compared to previous years. The death rate was similar to prior reporting 0.12%. Three cases of blindness were reported, two occurred in AIS. All three resolved.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital, 83 W. Columbia Street, Orlando, FL, 32806, USA

    Dennis R. Knapp Jr. MD

  2. Health Science Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Michael J. Goytan MD, FRCSC

  3. Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Joseph H. Perra MD

  4. London, UK

    Hilali H. Noordeen FRCS

  5. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Justin S. Smith MD

  6. Spine Surgery Associates, Chattanooga, TN, USA

    Paul A. Broadstone MD

  7. University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Sigurd H. Berven MD & Christopher P. Ames MD

  8. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Theodore J. Choma MD

  9. Rockford Spine Center, Rockford, IL, USA

    Michael S. Roh MD

  10. Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA

    Yongjung J. Kim MD

  11. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    John Ruder

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Correspondence to Dennis R. Knapp Jr. MD.

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Author disclosures: DRK (none); MJG (payment for lectures from Synthes, stock/stock options from Johnson & Johnson); JHP (employment with Twin Cities Spine Center, grants from DePuy, Synthes, Medtronic, Globus, payment for lectures from K2M, Stryker, patents from Medtronic, royalties from Medtronic, payment for the development of educational presentations from K2M, travel/accommodations/meeting expenses from K2M, Medtronic, Spine 360, spouse employed by Spine 360); HHN (board membership with K2; consultancy for K2M, Ellipse, K-Spine; grants from K2M, Ellipse, K-Spine, Baxter Healthcare; payments for lectures from K2M, Ellipse); JSS (consultancy for Biomet, DePuy, Medtronic; employment with University of Virginia; grants from AANS/CNS Spine Joint Section; payment for lectures from Bionmet, DePuy, Medtronic, Globus; research study group participant for DePuy); PAB (consultancy for Medtonic/Synthes, grants from Medtronic; stock/stock options Phygen); SHB

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Knapp, D.R., Goytan, M.J., Perra, J.H. et al. Assessment of Morbidity and Mortality Collection Data 2009. Spine Deform 1, 179–184 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2013.03.004

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