Correlation of return to work with patient satisfaction after surgery for lumbar spondylolisthesis: an analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database.

CONCLUSIONS: There are a substantial number of patients who are satisfied with surgery even though they did not RTW. Patients who were satisfied with surgery and did not RTW typically had worse preoperative back pain and ODI and typically did not have a college education. While RTW remains an important measure after surgery, physicians should be mindful that patients who do not RTW may still be satisfied with their outcome. PMID: 32357321 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Neurosurgical Focus - April 30, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: DiGiorgio AM, Mummaneni PV, Park P, Chan AK, Bisson EF, Bydon M, Foley KT, Glassman SD, Shaffrey CI, Potts EA, Shaffrey ME, Coric D, Knightly JJ, Wang MY, Fu KM, Asher AL, Virk MS, Kerezoudis P, Alvi MA, Guan J, Haid RW, Slotkin JR Tags: Neurosurg Focus Source Type: research