title: Risk factors for complications and mortality after spine surgery assessed with the NSQIP database: where do we go from here? Commentary on an article by Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD, et al.: "Risk factors for immediate postoperative complications and mortality following spine surgery: a study of 3475 patients from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program".
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: Raj D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*