Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Outcomes After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Patients with a history of OSA underwent ACDF without an increased risk of postoperative complications, readmissions, or reoperations and experienced a complication rate much lower than previously suggested by current literature. OSA patients experienced similar improvements in PROMs at 1-year follow-up. Surgeons should counsel OSA patients regarding the increased risk of 30-day ED visits. But overall, patients can expect safe and equivalent outcomes compared with non-OSA patients which lends support for safe outpatient surgery in this population.
Authors
- Nicholas B. Pohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-904X)
- Aayush Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8851-8811)
- Alexa Tomlak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8523-2183)
- José A. Canseco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2152-5725)
- Lars Witt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9490-7775)
- Emily A. Berthiaume (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5428-7359)
- Mark F. Kurd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9680-1088)
- I. David Kaye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0797-8760)
- Tariq Z. Issa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0978-5225)
- Matthew Meade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3796-2732)
- Rajkishen Narayanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2921-3857)
- Robert J. Oris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8743-0860)
- Jonathan Dalton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7452-2712)
- Christopher K. Kepler
- Omar H. Tarawneh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3523-9359)
- Gregory D. Schroeder
- Alan S. Hilibrand
- Mark D. Miller
- Alexander R. Vaccaro
- Abhi Bhamidipati
- Anish Ponna
Institutions
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (US)
- Rothman Orthopaedics (US)
- Rothman Institute (US)
- The Medical Device (United Kingdom) (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2024-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005212
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.33