Download or read book Optimization of Spine Surgery Outcomes in the Pre-, Peri-, and Postoperative Settings written by Jeremy Steiberger and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the risks, physiologic tolls, and morbidity associated with spine surgery, it is imperative to optimize outcomes with appropriate interventions in the pre-, peri-, and postoperative period. There have been numerous publications in other surgical specialties and more recently in the spine literature describing various techniques to improve patients' outcomes. In the preoperative setting, surgical education, patients risk stratification and optimization of medical conditions, smoking cessation, and weight loss are critical. In the perioperative period, monitoring and minimization of blood loss, appropriate neuroanesthesia and analgesia, and metabolism management play a significant role. In the postoperative setting, early ambulation, wound care management and opioid-sparing analgesia, among others, play a role in recovery.