PMID- 34463136 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230826 IS - 2192-5682 (Print) IS - 2192-5690 (Electronic) IS - 2192-5682 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Jul TI - Minimally Invasive vs. Open Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Patients with Diabetes - A Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network Study. PG - 1602-1611 LID - 10.1177/21925682211042576 [doi] AB - STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. OBJECTIVES: To compare outcomes of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) vs open surgery (OPEN) for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in patients with diabetes. METHODS: Patients with diabetes who underwent spinal decompression alone or with fusion for LSS within the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN) database were included. MIS vs OPEN outcomes were compared for 2 cohorts: (1) patients with diabetes who underwent decompression alone (N = 116; MIS n = 58 and OPEN n = 58), (2) patients with diabetes who underwent decompression with fusion (N = 108; MIS n = 54 and OPEN n = 54). Modified Oswestry Disability Index (mODI) and back and leg pain were compared at baseline, 6-18 weeks, and 1-year post-operation. The number of patients meeting minimum clinically important difference (MCID) or minimum pain/disability at 1-year was compared. RESULTS: MIS approaches had less blood loss (decompression alone difference 100 mL, P = .002; with fusion difference 244 mL, P < .001) and shorter length of stay (LOS) (decompression alone difference 1.2 days, P = .008; with fusion difference 1.2 days, P = .026). MIS compared to OPEN decompression with fusion had less patients experiencing adverse events (AEs) (difference 13 patients, P = .007). The MIS decompression with fusion group had lower 1-year mODI (difference 14.5, 95% CI [7.5, 21.0], P < .001) and back pain (difference 1.6, 95% CI [.6, 2.7], P = .002) compared to OPEN. More patients in the MIS decompression with fusion group exceeded MCID at 1-year for mODI (MIS 75.9% vs OPEN 53.7%, P = .028) and back pain (MIS 85.2% vs OPEN 70.4%, P = .017). CONCLUSIONS: MIS approaches were associated with more favorable outcomes for patients with diabetes undergoing decompression with fusion for LSS. FAU - Hathi, Kalpesh AU - Hathi K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0362-5623 AD - Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 471849 FAU - Bigney, Erin AU - Bigney E AD - Canada East Spine Centre, Saint John, NB, Canada. AD - Horizon Health Network, Saint John, NB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 10068 FAU - Richardson, Eden AU - Richardson E AD - Canada East Spine Centre, Saint John, NB, Canada. AD - Horizon Health Network, Saint John, NB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 10068 AD - Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network, Markham, ON, Canada. FAU - Alugo, Tolu AU - Alugo T AD - Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 471849 AD - Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, NB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 72881 FAU - El-Mughayyar, Dana AU - El-Mughayyar D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0074-1194 AD - Canada East Spine Centre, Saint John, NB, Canada. FAU - Vandewint, Amanda AU - Vandewint A AD - Canada East Spine Centre, Saint John, NB, Canada. FAU - Manson, Neil AU - Manson N AD - Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 471849 AD - Canada East Spine Centre, Saint John, NB, Canada. AD - Saint John Orthopaedics, Saint John, NB, Canada. FAU - Abraham, Edward AU - Abraham E AD - Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 471849 AD - Canada East Spine Centre, Saint John, NB, Canada. AD - Saint John Orthopaedics, Saint John, NB, Canada. FAU - Small, Chris AU - Small C AD - Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 471849 AD - Canada East Spine Centre, Saint John, NB, Canada. AD - Saint John Orthopaedics, Saint John, NB, Canada. FAU - Thomas, Kenneth AU - Thomas K AD - University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 70401 FAU - Fisher, Charles G AU - Fisher CG AD - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. RINGGOLD: 8166 FAU - Rampersaud, Y Raja AU - Rampersaud YR AD - University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. RINGGOLD: 12366 FAU - Hall, Hamilton AU - Hall H AD - University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. RINGGOLD: 12366 FAU - McIntosh, Greg AU - McIntosh G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0268-6523 AD - Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network, Markham, ON, Canada. FAU - Johnson, Michael G AU - Johnson MG AD - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 423134 FAU - Bailey, Christopher S AU - Bailey CS AD - Western University, London, ON, Canada. RINGGOLD: 10033 FAU - Weber, Michael H AU - Weber MH AD - McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. RINGGOLD: 12367 FAU - Paquet, Jerome AU - Paquet J AD - McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. RINGGOLD: 12367 FAU - Kingwell, Stephen AU - Kingwell S AD - The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada. RINGGOLD: 27337 FAU - Nataraj, Andrew AU - Nataraj A AD - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 3158 FAU - Finkelstein, Joel AU - Finkelstein J AD - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada. RINGGOLD: 71545 FAU - Kelly, Adrienne AU - Kelly A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7536-8884 AD - Sault Area Hospital, Sault St. Marie, ON, Canada. RINGGOLD: 10066 FAU - Attabib, Najmedden AU - Attabib N AD - Canada East Spine Centre, Saint John, NB, Canada. AD - Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, NB, Canada. RINGGOLD: 72881 LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210831 PL - England TA - Global Spine J JT - Global spine journal JID - 101596156 PMC - PMC10448101 OTO - NOTNLM OT - decompression OT - diabetes OT - low back pain OT - patient-reported outcome measures OT - spinal fusion OT - spinal stenosis COIS- The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article EDAT- 2021/09/01 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/01 06:01 PMCR- 2021/08/31 CRDT- 2021/08/31 08:44 PHST- 2021/09/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/31 08:44 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1177_21925682211042576 [pii] AID - 10.1177/21925682211042576 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Global Spine J. 2023 Jul;13(6):1602-1611. doi: 10.1177/21925682211042576. Epub 2021 Aug 31.