Impact of preoperative symptom duration in patients undergoing lateral lumbar interbody fusion.

James W Nie Timothy J Hartman Omolabake O Oyetayo Keith R MacGregor Eileen ZhengAlexander W ParsonsDustin H Massel Arash J Sayari Kern Singh

Published in: Acta neurochirurgica (2022)

Patients undergoing LLIF demonstrated significant postoperative improvement in physical function, mental function, pain, and disability outcomes independent of preoperative symptom duration. Both cohorts, when compared by preoperative symptom duration, demonstrated similar postoperative PROM scores. Patients with longer preoperative symptom duration had higher 12-week leg pain MCID achievement. These findings suggest that delayed time to surgery may not lead to inferior clinical outcomes in patients undergoing LLIF for degenerative conditions.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
chronic pain
minimally invasive
patient reported
pain management
neuropathic pain
multiple sclerosis
mental health
coronary artery bypass
metabolic syndrome
acute coronary syndrome
coronary artery disease