Time of Discharge and 30-Day Re-Presentation to an Acute Care Setting After Elective Lumbar Decompression Surgery.

Rahul A SastryMatthew HaganJoshua FelerHael AbdulrazeqKonrad W WalekPatricia Z SullivanJose Fernandez AbinaderJoaquin Q CamaraTianyi NiuJared S FridleyAdetokunbo A OyelesePrakash SampathAlbert E TelfeianZiya L GokaslanSteven A TomsRobert J Weil

Published in: Neurosurgery (2022)

Time of discharge is not associated with risk of readmission or presentation to the emergency department after elective lumbar decompression. Weekend discharge is independently associated with increased risk of readmission and decreased likelihood of prenoon discharge.

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