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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2026

Length of stay after lumbar decompressive surgery: prediction model, clinical reasons for prolonged stay, and association of prolonged stay with outcomes.

Jonathan H Geere, Paul R Hunter, Tom Marjoram, Andrew J Cook, Amarjit Singh Rai

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Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Beyond one-time PROMs: high-frequency single-item mobile ePROM tracking of postoperative recovery in spine surgery-a prospective feasibility study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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Jonathan H GeereSpire Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK. jonathan.geere@nhs.net.
Paul R HunterUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Tom MarjoramSpire Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK.
Andrew J CookSpire Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK.
Amarjit Singh RaiLCN Spine (London, Cambridge, Norwich), Norwich, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeInformation is limited on prediction models for length of stay (LOS), observed clinical reasons for prolonged LOS, and the association of prolonged LOS with outcome metrics after elective lumbar decompressive surgery.

methodsWe analysed prospectively collected data on 3132 cases with or without instrumented fusion. A prediction model for LOS in hospital was developed with 2008-2022 data and validated on 2023 data. Validation data was used to evaluate LOS model R

resultsAll-procedure LOS reduced from 3.0 days in 2008 to 1.5 days in 2023. Notable preoperative LOS predictors were fusion, multilevel surgery, mobility aided, ≥ 80 years, ASA 3, diabetes, and female. LOS model R

conclusionLOS was reduced with no reciprocal increase in unplanned 30-day readmission. Safe reduction of LOS requires enhanced recovery after surgery multidisciplinary pathways that focus on LOS risk factors and perioperative complications. Prolonged LOS is associated with poorer outcomes.

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Decompression, SurgicalLength of StayLumbar VertebraeAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient ReadmissionSpinal FusionTreatment OutcomeLength of stayLumbar surgeryOutcomesPrediction modelRisk factors

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