Spine Trauma in the Elderly

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgery; Trauma; Spine Injury

Treatments: Procedure: Spine decompression and fixation surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06019572

4-1712/2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our study aims at investigating short and long-term outcomes following surgery for subaxial spine injuries in the elderly (octogenarian) population.

Enrollment: 108 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients surgically treated for subaxial spine injuries between 2006 and 2018

Exclusion criteria

• Missing records

Trial design

108 participants in 2 patient groups

Younger cohort (<80 years)

Treatment:

Procedure: Spine decompression and fixation surgery

octogenarians (≥80 years)

Treatment:

Procedure: Spine decompression and fixation surgery