Gain of care independence following surgical intervention for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a Quality Outcomes Database study
Fifteen percent of patients with CSM depended on others for care preoperatively. After surgery to treat CSM, 81.8% of those who had depended on others for care became independent. Patients with improvements in care dependency noted higher postoperative satisfaction at the 3-month and 24-month follow-ups. Patients with resolved care dependency on long-term follow-up had lower NDI and NRS neck pain scores at baseline. Surgery had a significant impact on patients' attainment of independence.
Authors
- Erica F. Bisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8583-8544)
- Mark E. Shaffrey
- Michael Y. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-6385)
- Paul Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-396X)
- Praveen V. Mummaneni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5501-7262)
- Mohamad Bydon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0543-396X)
- Mandeep S. Virk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6294-2771)
- Christopher I. Shaffrey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9760-8386)
- Cheerag D. Upadhyaya
- Oren N. Gottfried
- Sarah E. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8452-3751)
- 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)
- Raj Swaroop Lavadi
- Andrew K. Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6953-0120)
- Nitin Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0256-3897)
- 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)
- Kai-Ming Fu
- Anthony L. Asher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3596-3849)
- Regis W. Haid
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Carolinas Healthcare System (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (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)
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (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
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.2.spine231237
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00