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Comparative Propensity-Weighted Mortality After Isolated Acute Traumatic Axis Fractures in Older Adults

INTRODUCTION: In older patients with axis fractures, the survival benefit from surgery is unclear due to high baseline mortality. Comparative effectiveness research can provide evidence from population level cohorts. Propensity weighting is the preferred methodology for reducing bias when analyzing...

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Autores principales: Catalino, Michael P., Pate, Virginia, Stürmer, Til, Bhowmick, Deb A.
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7133078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32284902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2151459320911867
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author Catalino, Michael P.
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Stürmer, Til
Bhowmick, Deb A.
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description INTRODUCTION: In older patients with axis fractures, the survival benefit from surgery is unclear due to high baseline mortality. Comparative effectiveness research can provide evidence from population level cohorts. Propensity weighting is the preferred methodology for reducing bias when analyzing national administrative cohort data for these purposes but has not yet been utilized for this important surgical conundrum. We estimate the effect of surgery on mortality after isolated acute traumatic axis fracture in older adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used a retrospective population-based cohort of Medicare patients and generated a propensity score-weighted nonsurgical cohort and compared mortality with and without surgery. This balanced the comorbid conditions of the treatment groups. Incident fractures were defined using a predetermined algorithm based on enrollment, code timing, and billing location. The primary outcome was adjusted all-cause 1-year mortality. RESULTS: From 12 372 beneficiaries with 1-year continuous enrollment and a coded axis fracture, 2676 patients met final inclusion/exclusion criteria. Estimated incidence was 16.5 per 100 000 person-years overall in 2014 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 15.0-18.0) and was stable from 2008 through 2014. Patients with axis fracture had a mean age of 82.8 years, 30.2% were male, and 91.9% were Caucasian. Mortality was 3.8 times higher (CI 3.6-4.1) compared with the general population of older US adults. Propensity-weighted mortality at 1 year for nonsurgical patients was 26.7 of 100 (CI: 24.5-29.0). Mortality for surgical patients was significantly lower (19.7/100; CI 14.5-25.0). Risk difference was 7.0 fewer surgical deaths per 100 patients (CI: 1.3-12.7). Surgical patients aged 65 to 74 years had the largest difference in mortality with 11.2 fewer deaths per 100 (CI: 1.1-21.3). DISCUSSION: Patients with axis fractures are predominantly older Caucasian women and have a higher mortality rate than the general population. Propensity-weighted mortality at 1-year was lower in the surgical patients with the largest risk difference occurring in patients 65 to 74 years old. CONCLUSIONS: Surgery may provide an independent survival benefit in patients aged 65 to 75 years, and the mortality difference diminishes thereafter.
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spelling pubmed-71330782020-04-13 Comparative Propensity-Weighted Mortality After Isolated Acute Traumatic Axis Fractures in Older Adults Catalino, Michael P. Pate, Virginia Stürmer, Til Bhowmick, Deb A. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil Original Article INTRODUCTION: In older patients with axis fractures, the survival benefit from surgery is unclear due to high baseline mortality. Comparative effectiveness research can provide evidence from population level cohorts. Propensity weighting is the preferred methodology for reducing bias when analyzing national administrative cohort data for these purposes but has not yet been utilized for this important surgical conundrum. We estimate the effect of surgery on mortality after isolated acute traumatic axis fracture in older adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used a retrospective population-based cohort of Medicare patients and generated a propensity score-weighted nonsurgical cohort and compared mortality with and without surgery. This balanced the comorbid conditions of the treatment groups. Incident fractures were defined using a predetermined algorithm based on enrollment, code timing, and billing location. The primary outcome was adjusted all-cause 1-year mortality. RESULTS: From 12 372 beneficiaries with 1-year continuous enrollment and a coded axis fracture, 2676 patients met final inclusion/exclusion criteria. Estimated incidence was 16.5 per 100 000 person-years overall in 2014 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 15.0-18.0) and was stable from 2008 through 2014. Patients with axis fracture had a mean age of 82.8 years, 30.2% were male, and 91.9% were Caucasian. Mortality was 3.8 times higher (CI 3.6-4.1) compared with the general population of older US adults. Propensity-weighted mortality at 1 year for nonsurgical patients was 26.7 of 100 (CI: 24.5-29.0). Mortality for surgical patients was significantly lower (19.7/100; CI 14.5-25.0). Risk difference was 7.0 fewer surgical deaths per 100 patients (CI: 1.3-12.7). Surgical patients aged 65 to 74 years had the largest difference in mortality with 11.2 fewer deaths per 100 (CI: 1.1-21.3). DISCUSSION: Patients with axis fractures are predominantly older Caucasian women and have a higher mortality rate than the general population. Propensity-weighted mortality at 1-year was lower in the surgical patients with the largest risk difference occurring in patients 65 to 74 years old. CONCLUSIONS: Surgery may provide an independent survival benefit in patients aged 65 to 75 years, and the mortality difference diminishes thereafter. SAGE Publications 2020-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7133078/ /pubmed/32284902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2151459320911867 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Comparative Propensity-Weighted Mortality After Isolated Acute Traumatic Axis Fractures in Older Adults
title Comparative Propensity-Weighted Mortality After Isolated Acute Traumatic Axis Fractures in Older Adults
title_full Comparative Propensity-Weighted Mortality After Isolated Acute Traumatic Axis Fractures in Older Adults
title_fullStr Comparative Propensity-Weighted Mortality After Isolated Acute Traumatic Axis Fractures in Older Adults
title_full_unstemmed Comparative Propensity-Weighted Mortality After Isolated Acute Traumatic Axis Fractures in Older Adults
title_short Comparative Propensity-Weighted Mortality After Isolated Acute Traumatic Axis Fractures in Older Adults
title_sort comparative propensity-weighted mortality after isolated acute traumatic axis fractures in older adults
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7133078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32284902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2151459320911867
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