PMID- 36366979 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240503 IS - 2192-5682 (Print) IS - 2192-5682 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 4 DP - 2024 May TI - What Preoperative Factors Are Associated With Achieving a Clinically Meaningful Improvement and Satisfaction After Single-Level Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis? PG - 1287-1295 LID - 10.1177/21925682221139816 [doi] AB - STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to identify preoperative factors associated with clinically meaningful improvement, patient satisfaction and expectation fulfilment at 2 years follow-up in patients undergoing single-level TLIF for degenerative spondylolisthesis. METHODS: Patients who underwent a primary, single-level TLIF for degenerative spondylolisthesis between 2006 and 2015 were identified from a prospectively maintained institutional spine registry. Baseline characteristics and PROMs including the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), 36-Item Short-Form Physical Component Score (SF-36 PCS), Mental Component Score (SF-36 MCS), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) back pain, and VAS leg pain were collected preoperatively, at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 2 years. RESULTS: A total of 997 patients were included. Multivariate analyses showed that increasing age (OR 1.039, P < .001) and better preoperative ODI (OR .984, P = .018) were associated with achieving minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for VAS Back. Increasing age (OR 1.032, P = .007) and better preoperative VAS Back (OR .783, P < .001) were associated with achieving MCID for VAS Leg. Lower BMI (OR .952, P = .024) and better preoperative ODI (OR .976, P < .001) were associated with achieving MCID for SF-36 PCS. Importantly, a better preoperative SF-36 MCS was associated with MCID attainment for ODI (OR 1.038, P < .001), satisfaction (OR 1.034, P < .001) and expectation fulfilment (OR 1.024, P < .001). CONCLUSION: Patients who were older, have less preoperative disability and better preoperative mental health were significantly more likely to attain clinically meaningful improvement in PROMs and postoperative satisfaction after single-level TLIF. Identification of these factors would aid surgeons in patient selection and surgical counselling for single-level TLIF. FAU - Moorthy, Vikaesh AU - Moorthy V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5503-5687 AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. RINGGOLD: 37581 FAU - Goh, Graham S AU - Goh GS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7337-3321 AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. RINGGOLD: 37581 FAU - Cheong Soh, Reuben Chee AU - Cheong Soh RC AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. RINGGOLD: 37581 LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221111 PL - England TA - Global Spine J JT - Global spine journal JID - 101596156 OTO - NOTNLM OT - lumbar fusion OT - lumbar spine OT - minimal clinically important difference OT - outcomes OT - satisfaction COIS- Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. EDAT- 2022/11/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/12 06:01 CRDT- 2022/11/11 04:03 PHST- 2022/11/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/11 04:03 [entrez] AID - 10.1177/21925682221139816 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Global Spine J. 2024 May;14(4):1287-1295. doi: 10.1177/21925682221139816. Epub 2022 Nov 11.