September 20, 2025Frontiers in SurgeryOpen Access

Incidence and risk factors contributing to ileus after posterior approach for lumbar surgery: a retrospective study

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Retrospective analysis identifies risk factors for ileus in patients post-lumbar surgery, suggesting implications for hospital stays.

Postoperative ileus significantly increases the length of hospital stay for patients after lumbar surgery.
Key independent risk factors for postoperative ileus include operative segment, postoperative blood potassium, and previous abdominal surgery.
No significant associations were found between traditional risk factors like gender, age, and smoking with postoperative ileus.
This study analyzed data from 267 patients who underwent a posterior approach for lumbar surgery from 2012 to 2020.

大久保 et al. (2025) studied this question.

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