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The aim is to understand how preoperative disability affects patient-reported outcomes after cervical disc surgery.

Influence of Preoperative Disability on Outcomes Following Primary Surgical Treatment of Cervical Disc Herniation

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Retrospective review evaluates the impact of preoperative disability on outcomes in surgical patients, suggesting significant implications.

The aim is to understand how preoperative disability affects patient-reported outcomes after cervical disc surgery.
Retrospective review of a single surgeon database including 190 patients who underwent cervical surgery.
Comparison of baseline and postoperative patient-reported outcomes using various scales.
Patients were categorized into two cohorts based on Neck Disability Index scores.
Patients with baseline NDI ≥50 reported worse preoperative outcomes (P ≤0.001) and poorer postoperative outcomes at 6 weeks and final follow-up (P ≤0.037).
NDI ≥50 patients showed significant improvement in NDI scores post-surgery (P <0.001).
Higher rates of minimal clinically important difference achievement were seen in NDI ≥50 patients for PHQ-9 and NDI (P ≤0.015).

Khosla et al. (2024) studied this question.

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Retrospective review evaluates the impact of preoperative disability on outcomes in surgical patients, suggesting significant implications.