The primary objective is to prospectively evaluate drains used in lumbar spine surgery in patients undergoing one- or two-level open posterior lumbar decompression or decompression and fusion for the relative risk of return to the operating room within 90 days.
Age
18–70
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
One or two-level open spinal decompression or decompression and fusion for the treatment of lumbar stenosis and/or spondylolisthesis
You may not be if
Infection, tumor, or trauma
Prior lumbar fusion surgery
Lumbar fusion surgery at more than 2 levels
Anterior lumbar surgery
Perioperative anticoagulation treatment
Intraoperative incidental durotomy
Intraoperative or postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage
