Optimization of Spine Surgery Outcomes in the Pre-, Peri-, and Postoperative Settings
Author: Jeremy Steiberger
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2023-08-31
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 283252611X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiven the risks, physiologic tolls, and morbidity associated with spine surgery, it is imperative to optimize outcomes with appropriate interventions in the pre-, peri-, and postoperative period. There have been numerous publications in other surgical specialties and more recently in the spine literature describing various techniques to improve patients' outcomes. In the preoperative setting, surgical education, patients risk stratification and optimization of medical conditions, smoking cessation, and weight loss are critical. In the perioperative period, monitoring and minimization of blood loss, appropriate neuroanesthesia and analgesia, and metabolism management play a significant role. In the postoperative setting, early ambulation, wound care management and opioid-sparing analgesia, among others, play a role in recovery.