Same-day spine surgery at an ambulatory surgical center versus hospital outpatient department: a propensity-matched analysis of complications and patient-reported outcomes using the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative Registry.

Although both outpatient anterior cervical surgery and lumbar decompression can be performed safely and effectively in ASC and HOPD, there is a slightly higher risk of return to the OR for patients who undergo lumbar decompression in the ASC. Given similar outcomes, future studies should focus on patient and payer cost differences between ASC and HOPD.