Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes of Perioperative Complications Following Cervical Spine Surgery.

Global Spine J · 2026 · PMC12738276 · PMID 41441869

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47 , 48 In the present study, although the trend did not reach statistical significance in the overall cohort in the univariate analysis ( Table 3 ; P = 0.058), preoperative cervical hypolordosis was identified as a significant risk factor when the analysis was limited to patients who underwent posterior decompression without fusion ( Table 6 ; P = 0.004).

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