National variation in referral and surgical management of incident cervical disc herniation
Although national referral rates for incident CDH with specialized healthcare sector contact are comparable, substantial regional disparities were observed in entry pathways and surgical intervention rates. These findings underscore the need to identify the optimal specialized clinical pathway for CDH patients who are refractory to initial conservative treatment in primary care.
Authors
- Christian Volmar Skovsgaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2064-9942)
- Mikkel Kjeldgaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9622-0072)
- Carsten Reidies Bjarkam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0164-9595)
- Janus Laust Thomsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0745-6815)
- Berit Schiøttz-Christensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8489-0482)
Institutions
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Aalborg University Hospital (DK)
- Aalborg University (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Neurochirurgica
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-025-06727-w
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Gigtforeningen
- Lundbeckfonden
- H. Lundbeck A/S