Diabetic neuropathy is associated with increased long-term morbidity and revision risk following lumbar laminectomy or laminotomy
Bashar Jawich, Tarek Harhash, Alqasim Elnaggar, Ahmad Almaat, Jawad Saad, Abdel Kareem Hilo, Haytham Alqasmi, Tyler Forbes, Rahul Vaidya · 2026
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Bashar Jawich and colleagues used in 2026 a nationwide research network to ask whether diabetic nerve damage worsens the long arc after lower back decompression surgery. Diabetes already shadows spine outcomes, yet the specific mark of neuropathy was unmapped. Matching balanced 19,265 patients with the complication against the same number without it.
Across one, five, and ten years, the neuropathy group suffered more sepsis, clots, heart attacks, and strokes. Their emergency department use stayed elevated at every horizon. Repeat lumbar surgery also came more often, starting early and persisting across the decade. Survival free of revision ran significantly lower in the neuropathy group. A stricter comparison group without any diabetic complications told the same story. The authors frame neuropathy as a sign of lasting vulnerability worth flagging before surgery.
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| CREATOR | Bashar Jawich, Tarek Harhash, Alqasim Elnaggar, Ahmad Almaat, Jawad Saad, Abdel Kareem Hilo, Haytham Alqasmi, Tyler Forbes, Rahul Vaidya |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |