Clinical spine surgery
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Clinical spine surgery · Jul 2020
The Effect of Preoperative Symptom Duration on Postoperative Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
Retrospective. ⋯ In our study, patients with DOS <12 months exhibited significantly worse ODI and VAS leg pain scores at the time of surgery compared with patients with longer DOS. However, these patients demonstrated similar clinical improvement postoperatively regardless of preoperative symptom duration. These findings suggest that delayed surgical intervention may not lead to impaired functional recovery in patients with degenerative lumbar disease.
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Clinical spine surgery · Jul 2020
The Impact of Comorbidity Burden on Postoperative PROMIS Physical Function Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
This was a retrospective cohort study. ⋯ In this investigation, the authors compared the clinical recovery of patients with varying comorbidities undergoing an MIS TLIF using PROMIS PF. Regardless of comorbidity, patients reported similar preoperative PROMIS PF scores and had similar improvements throughout the 1-year follow-up. This study established that PROMIS PF is an effective tool to evaluate the recovery of patients with differing comorbidities after MIS TLIF.
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Clinical spine surgery · Jul 2020
Disproportionate Case Reduction After Ban of Elective Surgeries During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.
This is a retrospective case analysis. ⋯ The disproportionate effect of case reduction needs to be considered while calculating resources released by regulatory limitation of "elective surgeries" on a (inter-)national level.