Effects of preoperative mental distress versus surgical modality, arthroplasty, or fusion on long-term outcome in patients with cervical radiculopathy.

CONCLUSIONS Preoperative mental distress measured with the HADS affects long-term outcome in surgically treated patients with cervical radiculopathy. PMID: 30004317 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30004317?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - July 13, 2018 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: MacDowall A, Skeppholm M, Lindhagen L, Robinson Y, Olerud C Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research