Inflammatory bowel disease is associated with greater odds of complications following posterior lumbar fusion and further amplified for patients exposed to biologics
Seddio A, Katsnelson B, Smith-Voudouris J, Gouzoulis M, Day W, Jabbouri S, Vasudevan R, Rubio D, Grauer J. Inflammatory bowel disease is associated with greater odds of complications following posterior lumbar fusion and further amplified for patients exposed to biologics. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2024, 100574. DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2024.100574.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosterior lumbar fusionInflammatory bowel diseaseOdds ratioNational Inpatient SampleElixhauser Comorbidity IndexLumbar fusionBowel diseaseKaplan-Meier survival analysisEmergency departmentInflammatory bowel disease patientsLog-rank testMinor adverse eventsNon-IBD patientsIn-hospital dataMultivariate logistic regressionAssociated with greater oddsElevated odds ratiosReoperation rateSurgical complicationsSpine surgeryInferior outcomesPearlDiver databasePost-discharge outcomesAdult patientsAdverse events