Short Term Recovery Benefits with Enhanced Recovery vs Standard Care after Lumbar Spinal Fusion

Study Type:Therapy

OE Level Evidence:1

Journal Level of Evidence:1

Enhanced Recovery after Lumbar Spine Fusion: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Quality of Patient Recovery.

Anesthesiology. 2020 Aug;133(2):350-363.

Contributing Authors: EM Soffin JD Beckman A Tseng H Zhong RC Huang M Urban CR Guheen HJ Kim FP Cammisa JA Nejim FJ Schwab IF Armendi SG Memtsoudis

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Synopsis

Fifty-six patients undergoing a one or two-level lumbar spinal fusion procedure were randomized to undergo an enhanced recovery pathway (including 17 pre-, intra-, and post-operative care elements) or standard recovery pathway. The primary outcome of interest was the quality of recovery at 3 days post-operation which was measured using the quality of recovery 40 (QoR40) score. Secondary outcomes o...