Outpatient Posterior Lumbar Fusion: A Population-Based Analysis of Trends and Complication Rates.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

A retrospective case-control study.

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine the nationwide trends and complication rates associated with outpatient posterior lumbar fusion (PLF).

Summary of background data

Outpatient lumbar spine fusion is now possible secondary to minimally invasive techniques that allow for reduced hospital stays and analgesic requirements. Limited data are currently available regarding the clinical outcome of outpatient lumbar fusion.

Methods

The Humana administrative claims database was queried for patients who underwent one to two-level PLF (CPT-22612 or CPT-22633 AND ICD-9-816.2) as either outpatients or inpatients from Q1 2007 to Q2 2015. The incidence of perioperative medical and surgical complications was determin

SUBMITTER: Arshi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6179957 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature