Table 2.

Clinical outcomes of patients undergoing single-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

Outcome Measure	Spinal Anesthesia (n = 34)	General Anesthesia (n = 60) a	P a
Estimated Blood Loss, mL	68.2 ± 51.8	98.0 ± 112.0	0.604
Operating (OR) time, min	211.0 ± 58.4	221.0 ± 114.0	0.593
Length of stay, d	2.38 ± 2.36	3.42 ± 2.57	0.007
30-day readmission, n (%)			0.213 b
No Readmission	33 (97.1%)	54 (90.0%)
Readmission	1 (2.9%)	6 (10.0%)
Opioid usage
Intraoperative MEDD	75.7 ± 139.0	123.0 ± 137.0	<0.001
24 h post-op MEDD	68.7 ± 132.0	41.9 ± 36.7	0.061

Abbreviation: MEDD, morphine milligram equivalent daily dose.

Note: Data presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise noted.

^aWilcoxon rank sum test for difference in means unless otherwise noted.

^bPearson χ² test for independence.