Asthma patients are at increased risk for adverse events and reoperation following posterior lumbar fusion

Over a tenth of patients undergoing PLF were identified as having asthma and were found to be of greater odds of pulmonary and non-pulmonary adverse events (a trend that increased with asthma severity), as well as five-year revisions. Stringent pre-operative optimization and postoperative management strategies should be employed for asthma patients undergoing PLF.