Neuroanesthesia & neurocritical care
Impact of preoperative intervention for smoking cessation on postoperative length of stay and cost for spine surgery patients: Propensity score matching analysis
Main finding · Postoperative LOSResult — go to the resultDifference −10.60 days 95% CI −15.79 to −5.42Authors' conclusion
Preoperative interventions for smoking cessation may decrease postoperative hospital stay and hospitalization costs.
Study context
- Population
- Current smokers undergoing spine surgery, single facility in Tokyo, Japan, 2014–2019
- Participants
- 317 smokers · 48 matched pairs
- Exposure
- Preoperative smoking cessation intervention vs no intervention
- Interventionn = 262
- No interventionn = 55reference
- Outcome
- Postoperative length of stay (LOS)
Methodological detailspropensity-score matched, single-centre
- Propensity-score matched
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Difference
−10.60 days
95% CI −15.79 to −5.42
Intervention vs No intervention
difference −10.60 days (95% CI −15.79 to −5.42)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | Coefficient (JPY) (95% CI) |
|---|---|
| Cost for service | −1,515,529 (−2,130,631 to −900,426) |
- Cost for service: significantly lower; 110 JPY equivalent to 1 United States dollar
Original publication
Impact of preoperative intervention for smoking cessation on postoperative length of stay and cost for spine surgery patients: Propensity score matching analysis. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Published 26 June 2023. doi:10.
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