Key result
Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio prognostic utility in spinal surgery patients is the subject of this systematic review protocol, which currently reports no clinical results.
Why the study?
Although neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio predicts outcomes across multiple medical fields, there is no consensus on its prognostic utility in spinal surgery patients.
Does baseline and/or post-treatment neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio predict outcomes in patients undergoing spinal surgery?
Systematic Review
Does baseline and/or post-treatment neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio predict outcomes in patients undergoing spinal surgery?
This is a study protocol for a systematic review aiming to evaluate the prognostic utility of the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in spinal surgery patients.
Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio has been extensively reported to predict patients' outcomes in fields such as cancer, cardiac surgery, infection, and stroke medicine. However, there is no consensus on the prognostic utility of NLR in spinal surgery patients. Hence, this systematic review aims to analyse existing evidence and evaluate the relationship between NLR and outcome measures in spinal surgery patients. This is a study protocol describing our systematic review methods.
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Osunronbi et al. (2022) conducted a systematic review in Spine-related non-neurodegenerative conditions and/or spine surgery. Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) was evaluated on Patient outcomes including complications, pain, functional outcomes, length of stay, and overall survival/mortality. Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio prognostic utility in spinal surgery patients is the subject of this systematic review protocol, which currently reports no clinical results.
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