Surgeon Instituto de Patologia da Coluna São Paulo, Brazil
Introduction: Looking specifically at spine surgery, we can mention some large groups of databases, which not only allowed surgeons to have access to more robust data, but also changed the paradigms of spine surgery. However, in view of the national scenario, nowadays, few spine surgeons perform data collection on their surgeries and/or patients with scientific objectives. Furthermore, looking at tools such as databases that allow multicentric data collection of patients undergoing spinal surgery is almost nil, most being exclusive to a single company or focused on a specific project.
Present the multicenter spine registry developed by the Brazilian Spine Study Group (BSSG) to create a tool that would allow spine surgeons to perform multicenter data collection of their spinal surgery cases.
Methods: Description of the steps for selecting the questionnaires and variables to be included in the database, initial expansion of the use of the database for physicians close to the BSSG, brief exploration of quality control and methods of including new centers and training in the database, in addition to a brief presentation of some data included in the database.
Results: The database is composed of a central core of questionnaires that would be filled out by all patients and then the quality of questionnaires to be filled out depending on the patient's pathological group (Adult Deformity, Pediatric Deformity, Cervical Degenerative Diseases, Lumbar Degenerative Diseases, Trauma, Tumor). Currently, the database has 774 patients included by centers who have already undergone spinal surgery and 16 collection centers with at least one patient collected. Of these, the vast majority fall into the group of degenerative lumbar pathologies 439 (56%), followed by pediatric deformities (14%), degenerative cervical pathologies (11%), and adult deformities (9%). The multicenter register is also supported by an interactive app called DATA BSSG and a parallel image collection repository.
Conclusion : The Brazilian Spine Study Group Multicentric Collection Database is a viable tool that allows the inclusion of patients from different origins within a common data collection workflow.
