Utilizing a comprehensive machine learning approach to identify patients at high risk for extended length of stay following spinal deformity surgery in pediatric patients with early onset scoliosis.

Journal: Spine deformity
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Early onset scoliosis (EOS) patient diversity makes outcome prediction challenging. Machine learning offers an innovative approach to analyze patient data and predict results, including LOS in pediatric spinal deformity surgery.

Authors

  • Michael W Fields
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  • Jay Zaifman
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
  • Matan S Malka
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. msm2244@cumc.columbia.edu.
  • Nathan J Lee
    Department of Orthopaedics, Columbia University Medical Center, The Och Spine Hospital at New York-Presbyterian, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: njl2116@cumc.columbia.edu.
  • Christina C Rymond
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  • Matthew E Simhon
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  • Theodore Quan
    George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
  • Benjamin D Roye
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  • Michael G Vitale
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.