Jae-Won Shin, Heon Jung Park, Yung Park, Joong-Won Ha, Jung Hwa Hong, Hak-Sun Kim, Kyung-Soo Suk, Seong-Hwan Moon, Si-Young Park, Byung-Ho Lee, Ji-Won Kwon
BACKGROUND: Falls after orthopaedic surgery can cause serious injuries, which lengthen hospital stays and increase medical expenses. This has prompted hospitals to implement various fall-prevention protocols. The aims of this study were to determine the incidence of in-hospital falls after spine surgery, to analyze the overall risk factors, to discern factors that have a major influence on falls, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the fall-prevention protocol that we implemented. METHODS: This was a retrospective, single-center study including patients who underwent spine surgery from January 2011 to November 2021 at the National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital (NHISIH) in Goyang, Republic of Korea...
2024: JB & JS Open Access