Possible negative impact of polypharmacy on surgical outcomes in older patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
Polypharmacy, especially hyperpolypharmacy, had a negative impact on surgical outcomes in older patients with LSS. The number of prescription drugs should be taken into consideration before surgery in this patient group. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2025; 25: 31-37.
Authors
- Yuki Akaike
- Daiki Ikeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3673-1118)
- Nobuyuki Fujita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-2088)
- Takaya Imai
- Soya Kawabata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3903-1122)
- Takehiro Michikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2298-5133)
- Sota Nagai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6782-1725)
- Kei Ito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5792-3795)
- Shinjiro Kaneko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6233-4538)
- Hiroki Takeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8567-8389)
Institutions
- Toho University (JP)
- Fujita Health University (JP)
- Keio University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.15026
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01