Long-term Corticosteroid Use Independently Correlates With Complications After Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery.
Kebaish KJ, Galivanche AR, Varthi AG, Ottesen TD, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Long-term Corticosteroid Use Independently Correlates With Complications After Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery. Orthopedics 2021, 44: 172-179. PMID: 34039214, DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20210416-01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term corticosteroid usePosterior lumbar spine surgeryPosterior lumbar surgeryLumbar spine surgeryPerioperative adverse outcomesCorticosteroid useAdverse eventsLumbar surgerySpine surgeryPropensity matchingAdverse outcomesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseMinor adverse eventsEffect of immunosuppressionImprovement Program databaseLong-term corticosteroidsSerious adverse eventsBody mass indexMultiple surgical specialtiesAnesthesiologists classComparable patientsPerioperative outcomesSurgical factorsMore patients