Risk Factors of Second Surgery for Adjacent Segment Disease Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

5565 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-09-11

Study Completion Date

2018-11-30

Brief Summary

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Although the incidence of second surgery for adjacent segment disease (ASD) after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has been reported, its risk factors remain elusive. Few studies have had a sufficiently large number of patients, long follow-up time, and high follow-up rate for investigation. To identify non-surgical risk factors of second surgery for ASD following ACDF, the study used a national cohort with comprehensive follow-up.

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Detailed Description

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All second ACDF surgery after one year from the first ACDF were identified as a consequence of ASD that required another surgery. A multivariate competing risk survival model, Kaplan-Meier survivorship, and average time to events were calculated.

2.1. Data source and ethical concerns The study used the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD), a national database containing 26 million administered insurants accumulated from January 1997 to December 2013, provided by the National Health Research Institutes of Taiwan. Due to the unique social-welfare health insurance system operated by the government, it is mandatory for every resident in Taiwan to be enrolled. Thus, the NHIRD has covered 99% of the population since its launch in 1996. The monopolistic national health insurance also offers unrestricted access to any healthcare provider of the patients' choices. The statistics, therefore, gathered by the NHIRD represent a sound cohort for investigation of the natural course and subsequent management of diseases. It is particularly good for studies that need longitudinal observation for repeat treatment (i.e. surgery for ASD) because it allows for the capture of events, even though they may occur in multiple or different institutes and hospitals. The universal coverage and comprehensive follow-up provided a valuable chance to study ASD.

All the personal information had already undergone a de-identification and encryption process. Individual and hospital identifiers are unique to the research database and researchers therefore cannot trace individual patients or health service providers.

Conditions

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Spinal Fusion

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Study Cohort

The observational study included all patients who had been admitted for their first ACDF surgery during the 16-year span, began on January 1st, 1998 till the end of 2013, recorded in the NHIRD. The admission for cervical disc herniation and spondylosis were identified using the ICD9-CM diagnostic codes of 722.0, 722.4 and 722.71, while the surgery of ACDF was confirmed with the procedure codes of 80.51, 81.00 and 81.02 during the same hospitalization.

observational study

Intervention Type OTHER

this is an observational study, there is no intervention in this study

Interventions

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observational study

this is an observational study, there is no intervention in this study

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients who had been admitted for their first ACDF surgery during the 16-year span, began on January 1st, 1998 till the end of 2013, recorded in the NHIRD