Delayed versus Same-Day Second-Stage Cervical Spine Surgery
James F. Bathon, Omar Zakieh, Claudia Davidson, Alicia M. Hymel, Jacquelyn S. Pennings, Mason W. Young, Mitchell Bowers, Julian G. Lugo-Pico, Raymond J. Gardocki, Scott L. Zuckerman, Byron F. Stephens, Amir M. Abtahi · 2026
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Description
James F. Bathon and coauthors report a 2026 study of timing in two-stage neck spine surgery drawn from the Quality Outcomes Database. Complex neck problems sometimes need operations from the front and the back. Surgeons must decide whether both stages happen on the same day or on separate days, a choice guided by patient health and surgical difficulty.
Among 394 patients averaging about 61 years of age, about 28 percent had the second stage delayed to another day. Delayed patients were less likely to carry high anesthesia risk scores, yet they had longer operations and longer hospital stays. Blood loss and later reoperation patterns were compared across groups, along with patient-reported outcomes at 3, 12, and 24 months. The analysis helps teams weigh the trade-offs behind a common scheduling decision.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | James F. Bathon, Omar Zakieh, Claudia Davidson, Alicia M. Hymel, Jacquelyn S. Pennings, Mason W. Young, Mitchell Bowers, Julian G. Lugo-Pico, Raymond J. Gardocki, Scott L. Zuckerman, Byron F. Stephens, Amir M. Abtahi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |