Analysis of Spinal Cord Infarction Associated with Aortic Stent Graft Placement Using Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2002-2011).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We performed this study to identify the rate and determinants of and associated outcomes with spinal cord infarction among patients treated with aortic stent graft placement at a national level.

Methods

We analyzed the data files from Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2002 to 2011. We performed multivariate logistic regression analysis to assess the rates of moderate to severe disability or death in patients with and without spinal cord infarction after adjusting for age, gender, and comorbidities that were significant in univariate analysis. We also determined change in annual rates of spinal cord infarction associated with aortic stent graft placement from 2002 through 2011.

Results

Spinal cord infarction occurred in 761 (0.2%) of 305,788 patients who u

SUBMITTER: Qureshi AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4762405 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature