A comparative study on the effect of age on Neck Disability Index improvement at 24 months after surgical intervention for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a Quality Outcomes Database study
Surgical intervention for CSM yields substantial and similar improvements in NDI scores and other metrics among various age groups, including those aged at least 65 and 75 years. These results highlight the effectiveness of surgery across a broad patient demographic, underscoring its value in treating CSM irrespective of age.
Authors
- Erica F. Bisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8583-8544)
- Mark E. Shaffrey
- Brandon A. Sherrod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9433-7955)
- 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
- Luis M. Tumialán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1180-8438)
- Kevin T. Foley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3111-3943)
- Domagoj Coric (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8521-2691)
- Ken Porche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2616-5853)
- Michael S. Virk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8511-5602)
- Praveen V. Mummaneni
- Andrew K. Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6953-0120)
- 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)
- Spencer Rosero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1408-8325)
- Juan S. Uribe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2150-4211)
- Scott A. Meyer
- Kai-Ming Fu
- Regis W. Haid
- Christopher I. Shaffrey
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Carolinas Healthcare System (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (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)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.3.spine24598
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00