Racial Differences in Perioperative Complications, Readmissions, and Mortalities After Elective Spine Surgery in the United States: A Systematic Review Using AI-Assisted Bibliometric Analysis.

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"A comprehensive literature search of the PUBMED, MEDLINE(R), ERIC, EMBASE, and SCOPUS databases was performed on 11/07/2022 using a semi-automated software platform (AutoLit, Nested). De-duplication was performed automatically. Only original articles in English from 2010 onward were included because the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. The Affordable Care Act significantly expanded the eligibility for Medicaid, government insurance targeted to low-income individuals, thereby broadly increasing access to care that included spine surgery., Analyzing only those studies published after this major transformation would more accurately characterize racial disparities in our current healthcare system. Nested Knowledge provides a semi-automated platform for screening, organizing, and extracting data. This review was performed by 2 authors (IA and NK). A detailed methodology, including our search, screening, and raw data extraction, is publicly available on the Nested Knowledge website (https://nested-knowledge.com/). This study was not registered on PROSPERO."