PHQ-9 Score Predicts Postoperative Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Abstract

Patients with severe depression symptoms reported greater pain, increased narcotics consumption, and less clinical improvement after MIS TLIF. Therefore, patients with greater PHQ-9 scores should be monitored more closely and may benefit from additional counseling with regard to postoperative outcomes to better manage pain control and expectations of recovery.