TY - JOUR
T1 - Decompression in Adult Lumbar Deformity Surgery Is Associated With Increased Perioperative Complications but Favorable Long-Term Outcomes
AU - Karikari, Isaac O.
AU - Bridwell, Keith H.
AU - Elsamadicy, Aladine A.
AU - Lenke, Lawrence G.
AU - Sugrue, Patrick
AU - Bumpass, David
AU - Ahmad, Azeem
AU - Gum, Jeffrey
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: To analyze the impact of performing a formal decompression in patients with adult lumbar scoliosis with symptomatic spinal stenosis on perioperative complications and long-term outcomes. Methods: Adult patients undergoing at least 5 levels of fusion to the sacrum with iliac fixation from 2002 to 2008 who had a minimum 5-year follow-up at one institution were studied. Patients who had 3-column osteotomy were excluded from the study. Perioperative complications and clinical outcomes (Scoliosis Research Society [SRS], Oswestry Disability Index [ODI], and Numerical Rating Scale [NRS] back/leg pain) were analyzed. Patients who underwent formal laminectomy/decompressions were compared with those who did not. Differences between the 2 groups were analyzed using Student’s t test. Results: A total of 147 patients were included in the study (Decompression: n = 55 [37%], No decompression: n = 92 [63%]). Average fusion levels for the decompression and no decompression groups were 11 and 12 levels, respectively (P =.26). Mean improvements in SRS domains for decompression versus no decompression patients, respectively, were pain (1.1 vs 0.9, P =.3), function (0.7 vs 0.5, P =.09), self-image (1.1 vs 1.1, P =.9), and mental health (0.5 vs 0.4, P =.5). Furthermore, additional mean improvements were ODI (21 vs 21, P =.14), NRS-Back pain (3.0 vs 1.3, P =.16), and NRS-Leg pain (3.9 vs 0.5, P =.002). Complication rates between the decompression group and no decompression group differed in incidental durotomies (18.2% vs 0%) and cardiac-related (9.1% vs 1.1%). Conclusions: Performing a formal decompression in adult lumbar scoliosis with symptomatic spinal stenosis is associated with increased perioperative complications but favorable long-term clinical outcomes.
AB - Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: To analyze the impact of performing a formal decompression in patients with adult lumbar scoliosis with symptomatic spinal stenosis on perioperative complications and long-term outcomes. Methods: Adult patients undergoing at least 5 levels of fusion to the sacrum with iliac fixation from 2002 to 2008 who had a minimum 5-year follow-up at one institution were studied. Patients who had 3-column osteotomy were excluded from the study. Perioperative complications and clinical outcomes (Scoliosis Research Society [SRS], Oswestry Disability Index [ODI], and Numerical Rating Scale [NRS] back/leg pain) were analyzed. Patients who underwent formal laminectomy/decompressions were compared with those who did not. Differences between the 2 groups were analyzed using Student’s t test. Results: A total of 147 patients were included in the study (Decompression: n = 55 [37%], No decompression: n = 92 [63%]). Average fusion levels for the decompression and no decompression groups were 11 and 12 levels, respectively (P =.26). Mean improvements in SRS domains for decompression versus no decompression patients, respectively, were pain (1.1 vs 0.9, P =.3), function (0.7 vs 0.5, P =.09), self-image (1.1 vs 1.1, P =.9), and mental health (0.5 vs 0.4, P =.5). Furthermore, additional mean improvements were ODI (21 vs 21, P =.14), NRS-Back pain (3.0 vs 1.3, P =.16), and NRS-Leg pain (3.9 vs 0.5, P =.002). Complication rates between the decompression group and no decompression group differed in incidental durotomies (18.2% vs 0%) and cardiac-related (9.1% vs 1.1%). Conclusions: Performing a formal decompression in adult lumbar scoliosis with symptomatic spinal stenosis is associated with increased perioperative complications but favorable long-term clinical outcomes.
KW - NRS
KW - ODI
KW - SRS
KW - decompression
KW - incidental durotomy
KW - lumbar scoliosis
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U2 - 10.1177/2192568217735509
DO - 10.1177/2192568217735509
M3 - Article
C2 - 29662739
AN - SCOPUS:85044824931
SN - 2192-5682
VL - 8
SP - 110
EP - 113
JO - Global Spine Journal
JF - Global Spine Journal
IS - 2
ER -