Abstract
Introduction
Previous studies have shown that preoperative depression is associated with poorer outcome of lumbar spinal stenosis. However, much is still not known about the prevalence of antidepressant treatment among spine surgery patients. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of antidepressant treatment in the different spine surgery groups.
Materials and Methods
We evaluated retrospectively 3145 spine surgery patients treated between the years 2003 and 2007 in Kuopio University Hospital. Patients mean age was 51.7 years, range: 18 to 84 years. Total 56.5% were male. We collected the medication data from the patient records, and compared the prevalence of antidepressant treatment at the time of operation in spine surgery groups.
Results
The prevalence antidepressant treatment was highest in the posterior cervical decompression surgery group (14.3%) followed by LSS (10.1%), anterior cervical decompression (ACD, 9.8%), and lumbar spondylolisthesis (8.5%). The lowest prevalence for antidepressant treatment was in the lumbar disk herniation group (5.6%) and this group differed significantly from other groups (LSS p < 0.001, ACD p = 0.001 and posterior cervical decompression p = 0.004).
Conclusion
Our results indicate that the frequency of antidepressant treatment varies significantly between different spine surgery groups.
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