The association of inflammatory bowel disease and immediate postoperative outcomes following lumbar fusion.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND CONTEXT:The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates the prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at more than 3.1 million people. As diagnostic techniques and treatment options for IBD improve, the prevalence of IBD is expected to increase. For spine surgeons, patients with IBD have a unique complication profile because patients with IBD may present with poor nutritional status and because the medications used to manage IBD have been associated with poor vertebral bone mineralization and immunosuppression. Presently, there are very limited data regarding perioperative outcomes among patients with IBD who undergo spinal surgery. The present study begins to address this knowledge gap by describing trends in patients with IBD undergoing lumbar fusio

SUBMITTER: Tanenbaum JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5953757 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature