Jeremy C Heard, Teeto Ezeonu, Yunsoo Lee, Rajkishen Narayanan, Tariq Issa, Cordero McCall, Yoni Dulitzki, Dylan Resnick, Jeffrey Zucker, Alexander Shaer, Mark Kurd, Alan S Hilibrand, Alexander R Vaccaro, Christopher K Kepler, Gregory D Schroeder, Jose A Canseco
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether weekday lumbar spine fusion surgery has an impact on surgical and inpatient physical therapy (PT) outcomes. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Timing of surgery has been implicated as a factor that may impact outcomes after spine surgery. Previous literature suggests that there may be an adverse effect to having surgery on the weekend. METHODS: All patients ≥18 years who underwent primary lumbar spinal fusion from 2014 to 2020 were retrospectively identified...
March 12, 2024: Clinical Spine Surgery