The incidence and healthcare costs of persistent postoperative pain following lumbar spine surgery in the UK: a cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterise incidence and healthcare costs associated with persistent postoperative pain (PPP) following lumbar surgery.

Design

Retrospective, population-based cohort study.

Setting

Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) databases.

Participants

Population-based cohort of 10 216 adults who underwent lumbar surgery in England from 1997/1998 through 2011/2012 and had at least 1 year of presurgery data and 2 years of postoperative follow-up data in the linked CPRD-HES.

Primary and secondary outcomes measures

Incidence and total healthcare costs over 2, 5 and 10 years attributable to persistent PPP following initial lumbar surgery.

Results

The rate of individuals undergoing lumbar surgery in the C

SUBMITTER: Weir S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5595197 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature