Racial Disparities in Elderly Patients Receiving Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Surgery.

Global Spine J · 2017 · PMC5415158 · PMID 28507886

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Currently, while there may be an overall trend with respect to disparities in spine care, such an association has not yet been clearly defined. 11 , 12 There have been previous reports suggestive of a greater risk of morbidity and mortality among Blacks following spine surgery; however, these studies were not particularly conclusive. 11 A recent study analyzed the impact of race in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT).

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