Discharge Hemoglobin Impacts Functional Recovery After Lumbar Fusion
Anemia at discharge was significantly associated with complication rate and worse functional recovery following lumbar fusion surgery.
Authors
- Mladen Djurasovic
- Steven D. Glassman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5488-9357)
- Charles H. Crawford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4197-4023)
- John R. Dimar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5395-1649)
- Jeffrey L. Gum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0471-9437)
- Mitsuhiro Nishizawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9345-8939)
- Leah Y. Carreon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-9036)
- Justin Mathew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-780X)
- R. Kirk Owens
Institutions
- University of Louisville (US)
- Norton Healthcare (US)
- Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005440
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00