TY - JOUR
T1 - Body mass index predicts risk of complications in lumbar spine surgery based on surgical invasiveness
AU - Bono, Olivia J.
AU - Poorman, Gregory W.
AU - Foster, Norah
AU - Jalai, Cyrus M.
AU - Horn, Samantha R.
AU - Oren, Jonathan
AU - Soroceanu, Alexandra
AU - Ramachandran, Subaraman
AU - Purvis, Taylor E.
AU - Jain, Deeptee
AU - Vira, Shaleen
AU - Diebo, Bassel G.
AU - Line, Breton
AU - Sciubba, Daniel M.
AU - Protopsaltis, Themistocles S.
AU - Buckland, Aaron J.
AU - Errico, Thomas J.
AU - Lafage, Virginie
AU - Bess, Shay
AU - Passias, Peter G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - Background Context: Obesity as a comorbidity in spine pathology may increase the risk of complications following surgical treatment. The body mass index (BMI) threshold at which obesity becomes clinically relevant, and the exact nature of that effect, remains poorly understood. Purpose: Identify the BMI that independently predicts risk of postoperative complications following lumbar spine surgery. Study Design/Setting: Retrospective review of the National Surgery Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) years 2011–2013. Patient Sample: A total of 31,763 patients were undergoing arthrodesis, discectomy, laminectomy, laminoplasty, corpectomy, or osteotomy of the lumbar spine. Outcome Measures: Complication rates. Methods: The patient sample was categorized preoperatively by BMI according to the World Health Organization stratification: underweight (BMI <18.5), normal overweight (BMI 20.0–29.9), obesity class 1 (BMI 30.0–34.9), 2 (BMI 35.0–39.9), and 3 (BMI≥40). Patients were dichotomized based on their position above or below the 75th surgical invasiveness index (SII) percentile cutoff into low-SII and high-SII. Differences in complication rates in BMI groups were analyzed by Bonferroni analysis of variance (ANOVA) method. Multivariate binary logistic regression evaluated relationship between BMI and complication categories in all patients and in high-SII and low-SII surgeries. Results: Controlling for baseline difference in SII, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score, diabetes, hypertension, and smoking, complications significantly increased at a BMI of 35 kg/m 2 . The odds ratios for any complication (odds ratio [OR] [95% confidence interval {CI}]; obesity 2: 1.218 [1.020–1.455]; obesity 3: 1.742 [1.439–2.110]), infection (obesity 2: 1.335 [1.110–1.605]; obesity 3: 1.685 [1.372–2.069]), and surgical complication (obesity 2: 1.622 [1.250–2.104]; obesity 3: 2.798 [2.154–3.634]) were significantly higher in obesity classes 2 and 3 relative to the normal-overweight cohort (all p<.05). Conclusion: There is a significant increase in complications, specifically infection and surgical complications, in patients with BMI≥35 following lumbar spine surgery, with that rate further increasing with BMI≥40.
AB - Background Context: Obesity as a comorbidity in spine pathology may increase the risk of complications following surgical treatment. The body mass index (BMI) threshold at which obesity becomes clinically relevant, and the exact nature of that effect, remains poorly understood. Purpose: Identify the BMI that independently predicts risk of postoperative complications following lumbar spine surgery. Study Design/Setting: Retrospective review of the National Surgery Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) years 2011–2013. Patient Sample: A total of 31,763 patients were undergoing arthrodesis, discectomy, laminectomy, laminoplasty, corpectomy, or osteotomy of the lumbar spine. Outcome Measures: Complication rates. Methods: The patient sample was categorized preoperatively by BMI according to the World Health Organization stratification: underweight (BMI <18.5), normal overweight (BMI 20.0–29.9), obesity class 1 (BMI 30.0–34.9), 2 (BMI 35.0–39.9), and 3 (BMI≥40). Patients were dichotomized based on their position above or below the 75th surgical invasiveness index (SII) percentile cutoff into low-SII and high-SII. Differences in complication rates in BMI groups were analyzed by Bonferroni analysis of variance (ANOVA) method. Multivariate binary logistic regression evaluated relationship between BMI and complication categories in all patients and in high-SII and low-SII surgeries. Results: Controlling for baseline difference in SII, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score, diabetes, hypertension, and smoking, complications significantly increased at a BMI of 35 kg/m 2 . The odds ratios for any complication (odds ratio [OR] [95% confidence interval {CI}]; obesity 2: 1.218 [1.020–1.455]; obesity 3: 1.742 [1.439–2.110]), infection (obesity 2: 1.335 [1.110–1.605]; obesity 3: 1.685 [1.372–2.069]), and surgical complication (obesity 2: 1.622 [1.250–2.104]; obesity 3: 2.798 [2.154–3.634]) were significantly higher in obesity classes 2 and 3 relative to the normal-overweight cohort (all p<.05). Conclusion: There is a significant increase in complications, specifically infection and surgical complications, in patients with BMI≥35 following lumbar spine surgery, with that rate further increasing with BMI≥40.
KW - Complications
KW - Lumbar
KW - Obesity
KW - Predictor
KW - Risk
KW - Spine
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U2 - 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.11.015
DO - 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.11.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 29155339
AN - SCOPUS:85042366059
SN - 1529-9430
VL - 18
SP - 1204
EP - 1210
JO - Spine Journal
JF - Spine Journal
IS - 7
ER -