The diabetes/weight loss drug semaglutide is associated with a significantly greater risk for repeat operations in patients with diabetes who require lumbar surgery.
CHICAGO — The diabetes/weight loss drug semaglutide is associated with a significantly greater risk for repeat operations in patients with diabetes who require lumbar surgery, a new study suggests.
Investigators say the study provides the first evidence on the impact of semaglutide on spine surgery. Total medical complications were higher in the semaglutide group, at 13.4%, compared with 7.7% in the no-semaglutide group . This was driven by higher rates of urinary tract infection andTotal surgical complications, however, were lower in patients taking semaglutide, at 3.8% vs 5.2% in those who did not .
Still, people taking semaglutide were nearly 12 times more likely to have an additional lumbar surgery at 1 year than did those who did not use the drug .
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