ArticleGlobal spine journal2024
Effects of Workload on Return to Work After Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery.
Article in Global spine journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Postoperative pain improvement in obese patients is not associated with long-term weight reduction after lumbar fusion surgery.Brain & spine · 2026Article
- Beyond Pain Relief: Preventing Recurrence and Preserving Function After Lumbar Discectomy.International journal of spine surgery · 2025Article
- Therapeutic exercise following lumbar spine surgery: a narrative review.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Article
- Return to work and resumption of driving after anterior minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty.World journal of orthopedics · 2025Article
- Lumbar total disk replacement versus microsurgical lumbar discectomy in treatment of radicular and back pain in railway workers: a prospective randomized controlled trial.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2024Article
- Return to Work Following Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Percutaneous Posterior Pedicle Fixation: A Retrospective Analysis from Two Academic Centers in Germany.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
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designRetrospective analysis was performed of a multi-center Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN) surgical database.
objectiveTo determine the rate and time to return to work (RTW) based on workload intensity after elective degenerative lumbar spine surgery.
methodsPatients working pre-operatively, aged greater than 18, who underwent a primary one- or two-level elective lumbar spine surgery for degenerative conditions between January 2015 and October 2020 were evaluated. The percentage of patients who returned to work at 1 year and the time to RTW post-operatively were analyzed based on workload intensity.
resultsOf the 1290 patients included in the analysis, the overall rate of RTW was 82% at 1 year. Based on workload there was no significant difference in time to RTW after a fusion procedure, with median time to RTW being 10 weeks. For non-fusion procedure, the sedentary group had a statistically significantly quicker time to RTW than the light-moderate (
conclusionsThe rate of RTW ranged between 84% for patients with sedentary work to 77% for patient with a heavy-very heavy workload. Median time to resumption of work was about 10 weeks following a fusion regardless of work intensity. There was more variability following non-fusion surgeries such as laminectomy and discectomy reflecting the patient's job demands.
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