ArticleClinical orthopaedics and related research2008
Do patient expectations of spinal surgery relate to functional outcome?
Article in Clinical orthopaedics and related research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01822301 (Structural Fat Grafting for Craniofacial Trauma), which is not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Structural Fat Grafting for Craniofacial Trauma: Repeat Fat Grafting Injection-5 Subject Cohort
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60 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Exploring the expectation-actuality discrepancy: a systematic review of the impact of preoperative expectations on satisfaction and patient reported outcomes in spinal surgery.Neurosurgical review · 2018Pooled it
- Patients' Expectations Predict Surgery Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2016Pooled it
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- Rehabilitation following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Measuring expectations in orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2013Pooled it
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- An exploration of patients' expectation of and satisfaction with surgical outcome.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2013Trial
- Patients' views on an education booklet following spinal surgery.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2012Trial
- Function after spinal treatment, exercise and rehabilitation (FASTER): improving the functional outcome of spinal surgery.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2010Trial
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- Streamlining the Journey of Research Into Clinical Practice: Making Your Patients and Practice Flourish Understanding and Setting Treatment Expectations for Patients With Metastatic Spine Tumors.Global spine journal · 2024Article
- Does a relationship exist between preoperative expectations and overall satisfaction in spine surgery patients?-a prospective cohort study.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2023Article
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Abstract
It is important for surgeons to understand patients' expectations for surgery. We asked whether patient factors and preoperative functional outcome scores reflect the degree of expectations patients have for posterior spinal surgery. Second, we asked whether patients' expectations for surgery predict improvements in functional outcome scores after surgery. We prospectively enrolled 155 consecutive surgical patients with greater than 90% followup. Patients' expectations were evaluated preoperatively along with SF-36 and Oswestry disability questionnaires. Postoperatively (6 months for decompression; 1 year for fusions), we quantified patient-derived satisfaction regarding whether expectations were met and by patient-derived functional outcome scores. In patients undergoing decompression, gender, SF-36 general health domain, and SF-36 physical component score predicted patients with high expectations for surgery. Patients with high expectations also reported greater postoperative improvements in SF-36 role physical domain scores after surgery. Expectations for surgery were met in 81% of patients. In a subset of patients (21 of 143), expectations were not met. These patients reported lower mean preoperative SF-36 general health, vitality, and mean mental component scores.
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