The Impact of Surgical Scheduling on Outcomes in Lumbar Laminectomy

  • Bailey D
  • Lehman M
  • Tuohy K
  • et al.
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Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether surgical scheduling affected patient outcomes following lumbar laminectomy. Physician fatigue caused by prolonged work hours has been shown to worsen outcomes. Previous research has also established a relationship between surgical scheduling and outcomes. Methods This was a retrospective chart review of single-level lumbar laminectomy patients at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center between 1992 and 2019. Patients who underwent a one-level laminectomy between 1992 and 2019 were included in the study. Patients with procedures defined as complex (>1 level, tumor or abscess removal, discectomy, implant removal) were excluded. The surgical complication rate [cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, 30-day redo, 30-day ED visit, weakness, sensation loss, infection, urinary retention] was compared across surgical start times, day of the week, proximity to a holiday, and procedure length. Results Procedures that started between 9:01-11:00 were more likely to have a complication than those between 7:01-9:00 (p=0.04). For every 60-min increase in surgery length, odds of having a complication increased by 2.01 times (p=0.0041). Surgeries that started between 11:01-13:00 had a significantly longer median surgery length than those between 7:01-9:00. Conclusion The time of the day when the procedure was started was predictive of worse outcomes following laminectomy. This may be attributed to several factors, including fatigue and staff turnover. Additionally, increased surgical length was predictive of more complications. It remains unclear whether increased surgical time results from correction of noticed errors or a fatigue-related decline in speed and performance. These findings on one-level laminectomy warrant further investigations since they have implications for reducing systemic failures that impact patient outcomes.

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Bailey, D., Lehman, M., Tuohy, K., Ko, E., Hatten, S., & Rizk, E. (2021). The Impact of Surgical Scheduling on Outcomes in Lumbar Laminectomy. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20272

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