Criteria for Success after Surgery for Cervical Radiculopathy; Estimates for a Substantial Amount of Improvement in Core Outcome Measures

The last decade's advances in surgical technique and equipment have increased the effectiveness and safety of surgical intervention for cervical degenerative radiculopathy (CDR) making operations for disc herniation and spondylotic foraminal stenosis high volume procedures [1, 2]. Since surgery is a costly treatment with potential risks, there has been a need to define criteria for substantial benefit to facilitate doctor-patient communication and assess quality of surgical care [3, 4]. In this way, the introduction of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) [5] and the concept of minimal important change (MIC) have been important to establish evidence-based practice.

Source: The Spine Journal - June 1, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Christer Mj åset, John-Anker Zwart, Caroline M.W. Goedmakers, Timothy R. Smith, Tore K. Solberg, Margreth Grotle Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research