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All unplanned readmissions within 90 days of discharge were reviewed for causes and the rate of unplanned readmissions was calculated. Patients of unplanned readmission were matched 1:3 to a control cohort without readmission.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty-one patients (incidence of 1.7\u2009% in 1239 patients) presented unplanned hospital readmission within a 90-day period and enrolled as the study group, 63 non-readmission patients (a proportion of 1: 3) were randomly selected as the control group. Causes of readmission include pseudomeningocele (8 patients; 38\u2009%), CSF leakage combined with poor incision healing (6 patients; 29\u2009%), wound dehiscence (2 patient; 9\u2009%), surgical site infection (2 patients; 9\u2009%), spinal epidural hematoma (1 patient; 5\u2009%), inadequate original surgical decompression (2 patients; 9\u2009%). Mean duration from re-admission to the first surgery was 39.6\u2009\u00b1\u200928.2 days, most of the patients readmitted at the first 40 days (66.7\u2009%, 14\/21 patients). When compared to the non-readmitted patients, diagnosis of OPLL\u2009+\u2009OFL, circumferential decompression, dural injury, long hospital stay were more to be seen in readmitted patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The incidence of 90-day unplanned readmission after surgical treatment for TSS is 1.7\u2009%, CSF leakage and pseudomeningocele were the most common causes of readmission, the peak period of readmission occurred from 10 to 40 days after surgery, patients should be closely followed up within this period.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12891-021-03975-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,20]],"date-time":"2021-01-20T10:02:57Z","timestamp":1611136977000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Unplanned hospital readmission after surgical treatment for thoracic spinal stenosis: incidence and causative factors"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Hui","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Longjie","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhuoran","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shuai","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9512-5436","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Weishi","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"3975_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2637","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMsa0904859","volume":"361","author":"AK Jha","year":"2009","unstructured":"Jha AK, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. 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