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CONCLUSIONS: Same-day discharge low-complexity elective PLDD is safe in adult patients below the age of 55 years. There is potential for many providers to substantially increase their rates of same-day discharge.
Lumbar Decompression Surgery Expert. Best Spinal Surgeon UK
Global Spine J. 2022 Oct 1:21925682221131764. doi: 10.1177/21925682221131764. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.
OBJECTIVES: Same-day discharge is widely used in many surgical specialities. If carefully planned, it can improve patient outcomes whilst using resources efficiently. We aimed to investigate the safety of same-day discharge following a posterior lumbar decompression and/or discectomy (PLDD).
METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of administrative data. We extracted data from the Hospital Episodes Statistics database for the 5 years from 1st April 2014 to 31st March 2019. Patients undergoing an elective one or two level PLDD aged 19-54 years during the index stay were included. The primary exposure variable was same-day discharge or post-surgery overnight stay and the primary outcome was emergency hospital readmission within 90 days post-discharge.
RESULTS: Data were available for 45,814 PLDD performed across 103 hospital trusts of which 7914 (17.3%) were performed as same-day discharge. Same-day discharge rates varied from 87.7% to 0% across the 90 hospital trusts that operated on more than 50 patients during the study period. Fourteen (15.6%) trusts had same-day discharge rates above 30% and 57 (63.3%) trusts had same-day discharge rates below 10%. The odds of emergency hospital readmission within 90 days were lower for same-day discharge patients (odds ratio .72 (95% confidence interval .61 to .85). There was no difference in outcomes for patients seen at trusts with a same-day discharge rate of ≥30% compared to trusts with a same-day discharge rate of ≤10%.
CONCLUSIONS: Same-day discharge low-complexity elective PLDD is safe in adult patients below the age of 55 years. There is potential for many providers to substantially increase their rates of same-day discharge.
PMID:36189915 | DOI:10.1177/21925682221131764
The London Spine Unit : innovative spine clinic on Harley Street UK
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