The reviewers would like to commend the authors of “Patterns and Impact of Electronic
Health Records-Defined Depression Phenotypes in Spine Surgery” for their excellent …

METHODS Using IBM's MarketScan Database, we identified 52 480 patients who underwent
spinal fusion. Retained patients were classified into 6 depression phenotype groups based …

METHODS This was an observational study including 11,049 adult patients with
improvement in their preoperative diagnosis of depression who underwent lumbar spine …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Patients with chronic back pain have an estimated two to three
times greater prevalence of depression than the general population. Approximately one …

Introduction: The relationship between psychiatric disorders, including depression, and
invasive interventions has been a topic of debate in recent literature. While these conditions …

Objective Studies have reported the detrimental effects of depression following spine
surgery; however, none have evaluated whether preoperative depression screening in …

Importance Comorbid depression is common among patients with degenerative lumbar
spine disease. Although a well-researched topic, the evidence of the role of depression in …

The effect of comorbid psychiatric condi-tions on the risks and outcomes of spine surgery is
an exceedingly relevant topic given the contemporary understanding of chronic pain as a …

Study Design: This was a retrospective cohort study. Objective: This study evaluates the
association of preoperative mental health with the rate of achieving minimal clinically …

OBJECTIVE The authors conducted a study to analyze associations between changes in
depression/anxiety before and 12 months after spine surgery, as well as changes in scores …