Effects of Workload on Return to Work After Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective analysis was performed of a multi-center Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN) surgical database.

Objective

To determine the rate and time to return to work (RTW) based on workload intensity after elective degenerative lumbar spine surgery.

Methods

Patients working pre-operatively, aged greater than 18, who underwent a primary one- or two-level elective lumbar spine surgery for degenerative conditions between January 2015 and October 2020 were evaluated. The percentage of patients who returned to work at 1 year and the time to RTW post-operatively were analyzed based on workload intensity.

Results

Of the 1290 patients included in the analysis, the overall rate of RTW was 82% at 1 year. Based on workload there was no sig

SUBMITTER: Singh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10802547 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature