Surgery for degenerative cervical spine disease in Finland, 1999-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of surgery for degenerative cervical spine disease (DCSD) has risen by almost 150% in the USA in the last three decades and stabilized at slightly over 70 operations/100,000 people. There has been significant regional variation in the operation incidences. We aim to assess the diagnosis-based, age-adjusted trends in the operation incidences and the regional variation in Finland between 1999 and 2015.

Methods

Data from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register (FHDR), the Cause of Death Register, and the registers of the Social Insurance Institution were combined to analyze all the primary operations for DCSD or rheumatoid atlanto-axial subluxation (rAAS). Combinations of the operative and the diagnosis codes were used to classify the patients into five

SUBMITTER: Kotkansalo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6739276 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature