Reply Letter: A Commentary on "A Predictive Model of Failure to Rescue After Thoracolumbar Fusion"

Joanna M Roy^{1

2}, Aaron C Segura^{2

3}, Michael M Covell^{2

4}, Christian A Bowers^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
² Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Sandy, UT, USA.
³ Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
⁴ School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI, USA.

Comment

Joanna M Roy et al. Neurospine. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;22(2):617-618.

doi: 10.14245/ns.2550238.119. Epub 2025 Jun 30.

Joanna M Roy^{1

2}, Aaron C Segura^{2

3}, Michael M Covell^{2

4}, Christian A Bowers^{2

5}

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
² Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Sandy, UT, USA.
³ Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
⁴ School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest

The authors have nothing to disclose.

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