Are Lumbar Fusion Guidelines Followed? A Survey of North American Spine Surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the use of guidelines for lumbar spine fusions among spine surgeons in North America.

Methods

An anonymous survey was electronically sent to all AO Spine North America members. Survey respondents were asked to indicate their opinion surrounding the suitability of instrumented fusion in a variety of clinical scenarios. Fusion indications in accordance with North America Spine Society (NASS) guidelines for lumbar fusion were considered NASS-concordant answers. Respondents were considered to have a NASS-concordant approach if ≥ 70% (13 of 18) of their answers were NASS-concordant answers. Comparisons were performed using bivariable statistics.

Results

A total of 105 responses were entered with complete data available on 70. Sixty percent of the resp

SUBMITTER: Montenegro TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8255757 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature