Impact of Antidepressant Use on Intraoperative Blood Loss and Transfusion Rates in Lumbar Fusion Surgery
Antidepressant use was not associated with increased intraoperative blood loss or increased postoperative transfusion requirement, regardless of subanalysis by fusion type or antidepressant class. The current findings do not support discontinuing antidepressants prior to lumbar fusion.
Authors
- Gregory Douglas Schroeder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8895-1964)
- Emmanuel Dean
- Alexander Richard Vaccaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-0796)
- José A. Canseco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2152-5725)
- Chloe Herczeg
- Christopher K. Kepler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0996-4346)
- Mark F. Kurd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9680-1088)
- Rajkishen Narayanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2921-3857)
- Grace Bowen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4647-6196)
- Alan S. Hilibrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8811-9687)
- Michael T. McCurdy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5319-0475)
- Alec M Giakas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0082-1648)
- Jeremy C. Heard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5181-3966)
- Jonathan Dalton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7452-2712)
- Emma Boyajieff
- Yoni Dulitzki
- Yunsoo Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6039-5142)
- Saurav Sumughan
- Abbey Glover
Institutions
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (US)
- Rothman Orthopaedics (US)
- Rothman Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2024.10.142
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15