Open AccessWhich Criterion for Wound Drain Removal is Better Following Posterior 1-Level or 2-Level Lumbar Fusion With Instrumentation: Time Driven or Output Driven?
Author(s) -
Hang Shi,
Zhihao Huang,
Yong Huang,
Lei Zhu,
ZanLi Jiang,
Yuntao Wang,
ZhiYang Xie,
XiaoTao Wu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global spine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2192-5690
pISSN - 2192-5682
DOI - 10.1177/21925682211013770
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , surgery , lumbar , blood loss , statistical significance , anesthesia , incidence (geometry) , hematoma , spinal fusion , postoperative hematoma , physics , optics
Study Design: Case-control study.Objectives: To compare the outcomes of 2 different criteria (time driven and output driven) for wound drain removal and identify which one is better.Methods: 743 patients who underwent posterior lumbar fusion with instrumentation involving 1 or 2 motion segments were enrolled in this study. Based on the different criteria for drain removal, the patients were divided into 2 groups. The drains were discontinued by time driven (postoperative day 2) in group I and output driven ( 0.05).Conclusions: This study reveals that there are more benefits of wound drain removal by time driven than that by output driven for patients undergoing posterior 1-level or 2-level lumbar fusion with instrumentation, including less postoperative drain output, less total blood loss, earlier postoperative timing of ambulation and less postoperative duration of hospital stay without increasing the incidence of postoperative SSI or symptomatic SEH.