Patient-specific prediction model for clinical and quality-of-life outcomes after lumbar spine surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: The prediction tools derived from this study constitute important adjuncts to clinical decision-making that can offer patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery realistic and personalized expectations of postoperative outcome. They may also aid physicians in surgical planning, referrals, and counseling to ultimately lead to improved patient experience and outcomes. ABBREVIATIONS: ABBREVIATIONS ALIF = anterior lumbar interbody fusion; AUC = area under the curve; BMI = body mass index; CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index; c index = concordance index; ED = emergency department; EQ-5D = EuroQOL-5D; MCID = minimum clinically important difference; NSQIP = National Surgical Quality Improvement Program; PDQ = Pain and Disability Questionnaire; PLIF = posterior lumbar interbody fusion; QOL = quality of life; TLIF = transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. PMID: 33528964 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research