The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
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Adult spine deformity surgery (ASDS) is a significantly invasive procedure with a relatively high complication rate. The thirty-day hospital readmission rate following surgery is an important quality measure monitored by multiple quality reporting agencies. ⋯ The 30-day readmission rate for ASDS is increasingly becoming a significant health-care quality indicator. Patients with the aforementioned significant risk factors should be closely followed up, which can potentially avoid subsequent readmission.