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Are Lumbar Fusion Guidelines Followed? A Survey of North American Spine Surgeons
Thiago S. Montenegro,Christopher Elia,Kevin Hines,Zorica Buser,Jefferson Wilson,Zoher Ghogawala,Shekar N. Kurpad,Daniel M. Sciubba,James S. Harrop 대한척추신경외과학회 2021 Neurospine Vol.18 No.2
Objective: To evaluate the use of guidelines for lumbar spine fusions among spine surgeons in North America. Methods: An anonymous survey was electronically sent to all AO Spine North America members. Survey respondents were asked to indicate their opinion surrounding the suitability of instrumented fusion in a variety of clinical scenarios. Fusion indications in accordance with North America Spine Society (NASS) guidelines for lumbar fusion were considered NASS-concordant answers. Respondents were considered to have a NASS-concordant approach if ≥70% (13 of 18) of their answers were NASS-concordant answers. Comparisons were performed using bivariable statistics. Results: A total of 105 responses were entered with complete data available on 70. Sixty percent of the respondents (n=42) were considered compliant with NASS guidelines. NASS-discordant responses did not differ between surgeons who stated that they include the NASS guidelines in their decision-making algorithm (5.10±1.96) and those that did not (4.68± 2.09) (p=0.395). The greatest number of NASS-discordant answers in the United States. was in the South (5.75±2.09), with the lowest number in the Northeast (3.84±1.70) (p< 0.01). For 5 survey items, rates of NASS-discordant answers were ≥40%, with the greatest number of NASS-discordant responses observed in relation to indications for fusion in spinal deformity (80%). Spine surgeons utilizing a NASS-concordant approach had a significant lower number of NASS-discordant answers for synovial cysts (p=0.03), axial low back pain (p<0.01), adjacent level disease (p<0.01), recurrent stenosis (p<0.01), recurrent disc herniation (p=0.01), and foraminal stenosis (p<0.01). Conclusion: This study serves an important role in clarifying the rates of uptake of clinical practice guidelines in spine surgery as well as to identify barriers to their implementation.