Posterior Lumbar Fusion Patient Characteristics Stratified by Asthma Severity

Patient characteristics for individuals undergoing posterior lumbar fusion, categorized by asthma status and severity. The dataset is provided in an XLS format with a size of 5.5 KB, authored by Julian Smith-Voudouris and last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare patient characteristics between lumbar fusion patients with and without asthma to identify risk factors.
• Analyze the distribution of patient characteristics across different strata of asthma severity.
• Investigate potential correlations between asthma severity and specific patient characteristics in a spinal surgery cohort.

Strengths

• Data is licensed under CC BY 4.0, permitting flexible reuse with attribution.
• Last updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.
• Focuses on a specific clinical intersection of lumbar fusion and asthma.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, suggesting a limited number of observations.
• Row and column counts are unknown, preventing assessment of analytical scope.
• Sample data and specific column names are unavailable, limiting preview of data structure.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Julian Smith-Voudouris.

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26.

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