Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Kei Ando, Yoshihiro Nishida, Naoki Ishiguro, Shiro Imagama


August 2018, Volume 27, Issue 8, pp 1698 - 1703 Original Article Read Full Article 10.1007/s00586-018-5513-4

First Online: 12 February 2018

Purpose

There are few epidemiological studies of spinal surgery in Asia and none in Japan. The goal of this study was to review spine surgeries performed in our group between 2004 and 2015 in a cross-sectional study, with a focus on the effects of the superaging society on the characteristics and trends of spinal surgeries.

Methods

A retrospective review was performed for all 45,831 spinal surgeries conducted between 2004 and 2015 and recorded in our prospective multicenter database.

Results

During the study period, there was a significant increase in annual spine surgeries (p 

Conclusions

Our data showed marked increases in the number of spine surgeries, the age of patients, and the number of surgeries for degenerative diseases. This large-scale study provides indicators for planning the future development of spine surgery and for treatment of spinal diseases in daily practice.

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