The impact of operative level on patient-reported outcome measures following single-level posterior lumbar decompression for disc herniation
Patients undergoing upper lumbar decompression demonstrated worse PROMs. However, multivariable analyses suggested these differences were attributable to comorbidity burden and BMI, rather than operative level. This suggests that surgeons and patients can expect similar pain and function improvement from upper lumbar decompression when accounting for baseline patient characteristics.
Authors
- Gregory Douglas Schroeder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8895-1964)
- Alexander Richard Vaccaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-0796)
- José A. Canseco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2152-5725)
- Christopher K. Kepler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0996-4346)
- John J. Mangan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4408-1036)
- Gregory R. Toci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-3507)
- Ian David Kaye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0797-8760)
- Alan S. Hilibrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8811-9687)
- Hannah Bash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5837-668X)
- Barrett I. Woods (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4136-3612)
- Robert J. Oris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8743-0860)
- Jonathan Dalton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7452-2712)
- Omar H. Tarawneh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3523-9359)
- Marco Goldberg
- Mark F. Kurd
- Dominic Finan
Institutions
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (US)
- Rothman Orthopaedics (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_66_25
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00