Postoperative Opioid Use, Complications, and Costs in Surgical Management of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective analysis on a national longitudinal database (2007-2014).

Objective

To determine the association between arthrodesis and complication rates, costs, surgical revision, and postoperative opioid prescription.

Summary of background data

Arthrodesis in patients receiving laminectomy for lumbar spondylolisthesis remains controversial. However, population-level evidence to support the use of arthrodesis remains limited.

Methods

We identified 73,176 patient records and used coarsened exact matching to create comparable populations of patients who received laminectomy or laminectomy with arthrodesis. We use linear and logistic regression models to analyze the relationship between arthrodesis and postoperative complications, length of stay, cos

SUBMITTER: Vail D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988648 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature