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- Title
Estimated number of spine surgeries and related deaths in Japan from 2014 to 2020.
- Authors
Nagata, Kosei; Chang, Chang; Nishizawa, Mitsuhiro; Yamada, Koji
- Abstract
The total number of spine surgeries per year and their related deaths in Japan has not been adequately estimated in the literature. We retrospectively reviewed the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan (NDB) between April 2014 to March 2021, which covers 99.9 % of health insurance claim receipts by general practitioners. The annual number of surgeries was counted using K codes, a procedure classification unique to Japan, and classified into the following six categories; percutaneous vertebroplasty, endoscopic surgery, open discectomy, laminoplasty/laminectomy, instrumentation surgery, and others. The data distribution was also summarized by sex and age. Additionally, by reviewing DPC database-related papers for evaluation of the mortality rate after spine surgery in Japan, the number of spine surgery-related deaths was calculated. The NDB showed that the number of spine surgeries analyzed in this study increased from 170,081 in 2014 to 193,903 in 2019, with a slight decrease in 2020. The ratio of instrumentation surgery increased from 33.0 % in 2014 to 37.9 % in 2020. The rate of patients aged 75 or older increased 31.6 % to 39.6 %. Combining these findings with DPC data showing a mortality rate of 0.1 % to 0.4 % revealed that the estimated number of deaths related to spine surgery in Japan ranged from 200 to 800 per year. Approximately 200,000 spine surgeries and 200 to 800 spine surgery-related inpatient deaths were estimated to have occurred in Japan around 2020.
- Subjects
SPINAL surgery; GENERAL practitioners; NATIONAL health insurance; ENDOSCOPIC surgery; LAMINOPLASTY
- Publication
Journal of Orthopaedic Science, 2025, Vol 30, Issue 1, p32
- ISSN
0949-2658
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1016/j.jos.2023.12.006