NORspine

Risks & contraindications

Where it comes from

Highlighted claims

• The data source was NORspine, a national registry covering degenerative lumbosacral spine surgery cases from all Norwegian hospitals that provide spine surgery. — Prediction of Oswestry Disability Index and Numeric Rating Scale scores after lumbar spine surgery: machine learning model development and fairness assessment
• Eligible cases had MRI-confirmed LDH or LSS and underwent elective decompression surgery with or without fusion. — Prediction of Oswestry Disability Index and Numeric Rating Scale scores after lumbar spine surgery: machine learning model development and fairness assessment
• Acute operations were excluded from the study cohort. — Prediction of Oswestry Disability Index and Numeric Rating Scale scores after lumbar spine surgery: machine learning model development and fairness assessment
• The models are limited because NORspine records outcomes only after surgical treatment and cannot compare surgery with non-surgical treatment. — Prediction of Oswestry Disability Index and Numeric Rating Scale scores after lumbar spine surgery: machine learning model development and fairness assessment