Despite worse baseline status depressed patients achieved outcomes similar to those in nondepressed patients after surgery for cervical deformity.

CONCLUSIONS Clinical depression was observed in many of the study patients with CD. After matching for baseline deformity, depression symptomology resulted in worse baseline EQ-5D and pain scores. Despite these baseline differences, both cohorts achieved similar results in all HRQOL assessments 6 months and 1 year postoperatively, demonstrating no clinical impact of depression on recovery up until 1 year after CD surgery. Thus, a history of depression does not appear to have an impact on recovery from CD surgery.
PMID: 29191101 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Neurosurgical Focus - December 1, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Poorman GW, Passias PG, Horn SR, Frangella NJ, Daniels AH, Hamilton DK, Kim H, Sciubba D, Diebo BG, Bortz CA, Segreto FA, Kelly MP, Smith JS, Neuman BJ, Shaffrey CI, LaFage V, LaFage R, Ames CP, Hart R, Mundis GM, Eastlack R, International Spine Study Gro Tags: Neurosurg Focus Source Type: research