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ArticleGlobal spine journal2026

Maintenance Inhaled Corticosteroid Use is Associated With Increased Revision Risk in Asthmatic Patients Undergoing Lumbar Fusion.

Eric Mao, Sydney Thai, Krystell E Ceballos-Alvarez, Andreas K Demetriades, Sarvdeep Dhatt, Bhavuk Garg, Gianluca Vadala, Amit Jain

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Eric MaoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9967-4790
Sydney ThaiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Krystell E Ceballos-AlvarezDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-3447-7152
Andreas K DemetriadesDepartment of Neurosurgery, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2004-9448
Sarvdeep DhattDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute, Chandigarh, India.
Bhavuk GargDepartment of Orthopedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3169-6437
Gianluca VadalaResearch Unit of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Amit JainDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9983-3365

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Study DesignRetrospective cohort study.ObjectivesTo compare all-cause revision rates after lumbar fusion among asthmatic patients receiving maintenance inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy, asthmatic patients without maintenance ICS, and asthma-free controls without ICS exposure.MethodsThree cohorts of patients undergoing lumbar fusion were identified from a real-world health records database: (1) asthmatic patients with maintenance ICS therapy, (2) asthmatic patients without ICS therapy, and (3) asthma-free controls. Pairwise 1:1 propensity-score matching was performed to control for baseline differences in comorbidities, including known osteoporosis and systemic steroid exposure. All-cause revision rates were compared between cohorts at two- and five-years post-fusion using Chi-square tests and Kaplan-Meier analyses.ResultsAsthmatic patients on maintenance ICS were significantly more likely than asthmatic patients without ICS to undergo revision at 2 (

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asthmainhaled corticosteroidslumbar fusionlumbar fusion revision surgeryoral steroidsosteoporosis

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