PMID- 30443480
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 2192-5682 (Print)
IS  - 2192-5690 (Electronic)
IS  - 2192-5682 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 7
DP  - 2018 Oct
TI  - Patient-Reported Outcomes and Patient-Reported Satisfaction After Surgical 
      Treatment for Cervical Radiculopathy.
PG  - 703-708
LID - 10.1177/2192568218765398 [doi]
AB  - STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVES: It is estimated that 10 000 
      patients seek medical care due to cervical radiculopathy every year in Denmark. 
      Although the natural course is usually favorable, around 20% undergo surgery for 
      cervical degenerative disease every year in Denmark. We aim to evaluate the 
      patient-reported results and satisfaction of anterior cervical decompression and 
      fusion over a 5-year period from a single Danish center for spine surgery. 
      METHODS: This study is a retrospective study based on prospectively collected 
      data from 318 consecutive patients treated with anterior cervical decompression 
      and fusion over 1 to 3 levels. Data in the DaneSpine registry was collected pre- 
      and postoperatively, and at 1 year after surgery. The outcome measures were Neck 
      Disability Index (NDI), European Quality of Life 5D (EQ-5D), visual analogue 
      score (VAS), and Short Form-36 Physical Component Summary (SF-36 PCS). RESULTS: 
      Of 318 cases enrolled, 272 (85.5%) had follow-up data available at a minimum 
      1-year postoperatively. The mean preoperative NDI was 40.0 and improved to 22.7. 
      Mean EQ-5D was 0.50 and improved to 0.70, and mean VAS arm was 60.4 improved to 
      26.4. All improvements were statistically significant. A total of 74.3% were back 
      to work 1 year after surgery. Achieving minimal clinically important difference 
      (MCID) in VAS neck and SF-36 PCS was strongly correlated to patient satisfaction. 
      CONCLUSION: Patients who undergo anterior cervical discectomy and fusion can 
      expect improvement in their pain and disability, with 74.3% of patients reporting 
      a positive change in health status after surgery.
FAU - Andresen, Andreas Kiilerich
AU  - Andresen AK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1757-3302
AD  - Hospital Lillebaelt, Middelfart, Denmark.
AD  - University of Southern Denmark, Middelfart, Denmark.
FAU - Paulsen, Rune Tendal
AU  - Paulsen RT
AD  - Hospital Lillebaelt, Middelfart, Denmark.
AD  - University of Southern Denmark, Middelfart, Denmark.
FAU - Busch, Frederik
AU  - Busch F
AD  - Hospital Lillebaelt, Middelfart, Denmark.
FAU - Isenberg-Jorgensen, Alexander
AU  - Isenberg-Jorgensen A
AD  - Hospital Lillebaelt, Middelfart, Denmark.
FAU - Carreon, Leah Y
AU  - Carreon LY
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7685-9036
AD  - University of Southern Denmark, Middelfart, Denmark.
FAU - Andersen, Mikkel O
AU  - Andersen MO
AD  - Hospital Lillebaelt, Middelfart, Denmark.
AD  - University of Southern Denmark, Middelfart, Denmark.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180419
PL  - England
TA  - Global Spine J
JT  - Global spine journal
JID - 101596156
PMC - PMC6232721
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - ACDF
OT  - MCID
OT  - cervical
OT  - degenerative disc disease
OT  - outcome
OT  - radiculopathy
OT  - satisfaction
COIS- Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential 
      conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or 
      publication of this article.
EDAT- 2018/11/18 06:00
MHDA- 2018/11/18 06:01
PMCR- 2018/04/19
CRDT- 2018/11/17 06:00
PHST- 2018/11/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/11/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/11/18 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/04/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1177_2192568218765398 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/2192568218765398 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Global Spine J. 2018 Oct;8(7):703-708. doi: 10.1177/2192568218765398. Epub 2018 
      Apr 19.