Lumbar fusion during the COVID-19 pandemic: greater rates of morbidity and longer procedures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has altered the standard of care for spine surgery in many ways. However, there is a lack of literature evaluating the potential changes in surgical outcomes and perioperative factors for spine procedures performed during the pandemic. In particular, no large database study evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on spine surgery outcomes has yet been published. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perioperative factors and postoperative outcomes of lumbar fusion procedures.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study utilized the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) database, which was queried for all adult patie

SUBMITTER: Song J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10082429 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature