Impact of chronic hyperlipidemia on perioperative complications in patients undergoing lumbar fusion: a propensity score matching analysis.

Mohamed Kamal MesregahPaul MgbamZoe FresquezJeffrey C WangZorica Buser

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2022)

Following lumbar fusion, patients with chronic hyperlipidemia have an increased risk of perioperative complications, including wound complications, surgical site infection, failed back surgery syndrome, hardware removal, myocardial infarction, renal failure, and urinary tract infection/incontinence.

Keyphrases

surgical site infection
patients undergoing
minimally invasive
urinary tract infection
risk factors
cardiac surgery
high fat diet
heart failure
acute kidney injury
coronary artery bypass
metabolic syndrome
case report
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
drug induced