The present study is related to the project "ORTHOSPINE FITNESS: WHICH MARKERS OF MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH CAN EXPLAIN COMPLICATIONS IN SPINE SURGERY?", winner of the Ministry of Health Call, financed by the European Union, "M6/C2\_CALL 2023", Project Code " PNRR- MCNT2-2023-12378098", Call section "Non-chronic chronic diseases transmissible diseases (MCnT2) with a high impact on health systems".
Complications of spinal surgery still represent a significant and unsolved problem. Their incidence is between 7 and 20%, with a high percentage of mechanical complications observed in patients operated on for degenerative pathologies. Readmissions, re-operations and subsequent rehabilitation treatments have a heavy impact on patients and the entire healthcare system.
Age >= 18 years;
diagnosis of degenerative pathology of the spinal column of the thoraco-lumbo-sacral tract;
patients candidates for surgical treatment for the aforementioned pathology during the study period;
willingness to participate in the study and sign the specific informed consent
presence of tumors or infections in the spinal column;
presence of degenerative pathology of the spine without surgical indication;
presence of degenerative pathology of the spinal column at the cervical level.
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Lead sponsor
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Luigi Vanvitelli
Collaborator