Spine Trauma in the Elderly

Long-term Outcomes After Surgery for Subaxial Cervical Spine Injuries in Octogenarians, a Matched Controlled Analysis

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06019572

Enrollment

108

Registered

2023-08-31

Start date

2023-04-01

Completion date

2023-06-15

Last updated

2023-08-31

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Conditions

Spine Injury, Surgery, Trauma

Brief summary

Our study aims at investigating short and long-term outcomes following surgery for subaxial spine injuries in the elderly (octogenarian) population.

Interventions

PROCEDURESpine decompression and fixation surgery

Surgery is performed by either an anterior or posterior approach. Anterior approach is performed with either discectomy or corpectomy accompanied fusion, while the posterior approach consist in a bilateral laminectomy accompanied by fusion.

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All patients surgically treated for subaxial spine injuries between 2006 and 2018

Exclusion criteria

* Missing records

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Postoperative complications	30-day postoperative period	medical or surgical complications
Mortality	End of the study period (or end of data collection)	death

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026