Prognostic Factors for Outcome of Fusion Surgery in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain - A Systematic Review.
Rinse J MeesterWilco C H JacobsMaarten SpruitRobert Jan KroezeMiranda L van HooffPublished in: Global spine journal (2024)
Only female gender and smoking were consistently associated with outcome of fusion for CLBP. Most of the included studies exhibited low to moderate methodological quality, which may explain the relatively weak associations identified for the assessed prognostic factors.