Clinical outcomes of lumbar diseases specific test in patients who undergo endoscopy-assisted tubular surgery with lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus: an analysis using the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire (JOABPEQ)

ConclusionsAll categories of VAS, JOA scores, and all domains of JOABPEQ were significantly higher over 3  years than those obtained pre-operatively. But only mental health domain showed mild improvement until 1 year. Moreover, BMI showed a negative correlation with improvements in the mental health domain post-operatively. As patients may be mentally exhausted from lumbar disc herniation, pre-operati ve mental health may be improved by surgical treatment.
Source: European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research