Racial Disparities in Outcomes After Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
World Neurosurg
; 157: e232-e244, 2022 01.
Article
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Racial disparities are a major issue in health care but the overall extent of the issue in spinal surgery outcomes is unclear. We conducted a systematic review/meta-analysis of disparities in outcomes among patients belonging to different racial groups who had undergone surgery for degenerative spine disease.METHODS:
We searched Ovid MEDLINE, Scopus, Cochrane Review Database, and ClinicalTrials.gov from inception to January 20, 2021 for relevant articles assessing outcomes after spine surgery stratified by race. We included studies that compared outcomes after spine surgery for degenerative disease among different racial groups.RESULTS:
We found 30 studies that met our inclusion criteria (28 articles and 2 published abstracts). We included data from 20 cohort studies in our meta-analysis (3,501,830 patients), which were assessed to have a high risk of observation/selection bias. Black patients had a 55% higher risk of dying after spine surgery compared with white patients (relative risk [RR], 1.55, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.28-1.87; I2 = 70%). Similarly, black patients had a longer length of stay (mean difference, 0.93 days; 95% CI, 0.75-1.10; I2 = 73%), and higher risk of nonhome discharge (RR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.47-1.81; I2 = 89%), and 30-day readmission (RR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.03-2.04; I2 = 96%). No significant difference was noted in the pooled analyses for complication or reoperation rates.CONCLUSIONS:
Black patients have a significantly higher risk of unfavorable outcomes after spine surgery compared with white patients. Further work in understanding the reasons for these disparities will help develop strategies to narrow the gap among the racial groups.Key words
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Spinal Diseases
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Black People
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Healthcare Disparities
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
World Neurosurg
Journal subject:
NEUROCIRURGIA
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Publication country:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA