Clinical Utility and Actionability of Failure to Rescue Prediction Model for Thoracolumbar Fusion: A Focus on Variable Relevance - A Commentary on "A Predictive Model of Failure to Rescue After Thoracolumbar Fusion"

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
² Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Comment

Seyed Amirhossein Tabatabaei et al. Neurospine. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;22(2):615-616.

doi: 10.14245/ns.2550280.140. Epub 2025 Jun 30.

¹ School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
² Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Reply Letter: A Commentary on "A Predictive Model of Failure to Rescue After Thoracolumbar Fusion".
Roy JM, Segura AC, Covell MM, Bowers CA. Roy JM, et al. Neurospine. 2025 Jun;22(2):617-618. doi: 10.14245/ns.2550238.119. Epub 2025 Jun 30. Neurospine. 2025. PMID: 40625019 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

A Predictive Model of Failure to Rescue After Thoracolumbar Fusion.
Roy JM, Segura AC, Rumalla K, Skandalakis GP, Covell MM, Bowers CA. Roy JM, et al. Neurospine. 2023 Dec;20(4):1337-1345. doi: 10.14245/ns.2346840.420. Epub 2023 Dec 31. Neurospine. 2023. PMID: 38171301 Free PMC article.

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