Patients with dementia face higher hazards in lumbar spine procedures: Study
By Admin | November 19, 2025
DENVER – The Spine Journal (TSJ), the official journal of the North American Spine Society (NASS), has named “Clinical outcomes following elective lumbar spine surgery in patients living with dementia” as the 2025 Outstanding Paper Award winner. Authored by Patawut Bovonratwet, MD; Kaitlyn E. Holly, BS; Lingwei Xiang, MPH; Rachel R. Adler, ScD, RD; Clancy J. Clark, MD; Karen Sepucha, PhD; Samir K. Shah, MD; Dae Hyun Kim, MD, ScD; John Hsu, MD; Joel S. Weissman, PhD; and Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD, MSc, the study examined more than 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries to assess outcomes following elective lumbar spine surgery in patients with and without dementia. The analysis revealed that patients living with dementia experienced substantially higher hazards for adverse events, mortality, and intensive postoperative interventions compared with peers without dementia. “Patients with dementia face a higher risk of...(More)
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