Diabetes Is Related to Worse Patient-Reported Outcomes at Two Years Following Spine Surgery.

Background: Diabetes has been associated with poor outcomes following elective spine surgery. The purpose of our study was to determine if diabetes predicts worse patient-reported outcomes at two years postoperatively and to evaluate the effect of perioperative blood glucose levels and control on patient-reported outcomes in patients with diabetes.

Methods: One thousand and five patients undergoing elective spine surgery were included in this prospective cohort study.