A Multicenter Observational Cohort of Degenerative Spine Diseases in China（DSDC）

A Multicenter Observational Cohort of Degenerative Spine Diseases in China

Study type: The objectives of this observational study were to understand, analyze, and compare the treatment and prognosis of patients with degenerative spine diseases and to construct a risk warning model and an assisted decision-making system

The main questions it aims to answer are:

• [question 1] to construct a database of patients with degenerative spinal diseases and to study their associated prognosis, complications, and other risks
• [Question 2] Use big data to build a risk early warning model and assisted decision making system The study will not intervene with patients

Inclusion criteria:

• patients with degenerative spine disease admitted to the units participating in the study from January 2015 to mid-January 2022;
• complete patient data with no more than 5% missing;

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with oncology;