Do class III obese patients achieve similar outcomes and satisfaction to nonobese patients following surgery for cervical myelopathy? A QOD study
Despite the class III obese group having worse baseline clinical presentations, the two cohorts achieved similar rates of satisfaction and MCID in PROs. Class III obesity should not preclude and/or delay surgical management for patients who would otherwise benefit from surgery for CSM.
Authors
- Erica F. Bisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8583-8544)
- Mark E. Shaffrey
- Paul Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-396X)
- Mohamad Bydon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0543-396X)
- Cheerag D. Upadhyaya
- Oren N. Gottfried
- Andrew K. Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9352-5281)
- Luis M. Tumialán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1180-8438)
- Kevin T. Foley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3111-3943)
- Alexander J. Schüpper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3322-8138)
- Domagoj Coric (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8521-2691)
- Christine Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0066-366X)
- Michael S. Virk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8511-5602)
- Deb A. Bhowmick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-4999)
- Praveen V. Mummaneni
- Dean Chou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0310-8263)
- John J. Knightly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0917-9265)
- Eric A. Potts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4349-2327)
- Jay D. Turner
- Michael Y. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6997-5995)
- Anthony L. Asher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3596-3849)
- Juan S. Uribe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2150-4211)
- Scott A. Meyer
- Kai-Ming Fu
- Regis W. Haid
- Christopher I. Shaffrey
Institutions
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Carolinas Healthcare System (US)
- Saint Luke's Health System (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates (US)
- Semmes Murphey Foundation (US)
- Indiana Spine Group (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
- Published
- 2024-09-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2024.6.spine24126
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57