Characteristics and management of pain in patients with Klippel-Feil syndrome: analysis of a global patient-reported registry.

CONCLUSIONS: More than 90% of participants experienced pain. Participants with an increased number of overall cervical fusions or multilevel, contiguous fusions reported greater levels of muscle, joint, and nerve pain. Participants who pursued surgery had more comorbidities and neurological symptoms, such as balance and gait disturbances, but did not report more significant pain than nonsurgically treated participants.
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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - December 12, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Patel K, Evans H, Sommaruga S, Vayssiere P, Qureshi T, Kolb L, Fehlings MG, Cheng JS, Tessitore E, Schaller K, Nouri A Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research