Disparities in Surgical Intervention and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Racial/Ethnic Groups With Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.
Elie MassaadTaylor S MitchellEmmy DuerrAli KiapourThomas D ChaJean-Valery C CoumansMichael W GroffStuart H HershmanJames D KangShaina A LipaLianne SmallDaniel G TobertAndrew J SchoenfeldGanesh M ShankarHasan A ZaidiJohn H ShinTheresa WilliamsonPublished in: Neurosurgery (2024)
This study found that BIPOC patients were less likely to use spine surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis despite reporting higher pain interference, suggesting an association between race and surgical utilization. These disparities may contribute to unequal HRQoL outcomes for patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis and warrant further investigation to address and reduce treatment disparities.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- randomized controlled trial
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- chronic pain
- affordable care act
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- patient reported outcomes
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported
- replacement therapy