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ArticleGlobal spine journal2018

Immediate Postoperative Pain Scores Predict Neck Pain Profile up to 1 Year Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.

Owoicho Adogwa, Aladine A Elsamadicy, Victoria D Vuong, Ankit I Mehta, Raul A Vasquez, Joseph Cheng, Carlos A Bagley, Isaac O Karikari

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Owoicho AdogwaRush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Aladine A ElsamadicyDuke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Victoria D VuongRush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1501-0394
Ankit I MehtaThe University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Raul A VasquezUniversity of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Joseph ChengYale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1881-012X
Carlos A BagleyUniversity of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA.
Isaac O KarikariDuke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

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designRetrospective cohort review.

objectiveTo assess whether immediate postoperative neck pain scores accurately predict 12-month visual analog scale-neck pain (VAS-NP) outcomes following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion surgery (ACDF).

methodsThis was a retrospective study of 82 patients undergoing elective ACDF surgery at a major academic medical center. Patient reported outcomes measures VAS-NP scores were recorded on the first postoperative day, then at 6-weeks, 3, 6, and 12-months after surgery. Multivariate correlation and logistic regression methods were utilized to determine whether immediate postoperative VAS-NP score accurately predicted 1-year patient reported VAS-NP Scores.

resultsOverall, 46.3% male, 25.6% were smokers, and the mean age and body mass index (BMI) were 53.7 years and 28.28 kg/m

conclusionOur study suggests that immediate postoperative patient reported neck pain scores accurately predicts and correlates with 12-month VAS-NP scores after an ACDF procedure. Patients with high neck pain scores after surgery are more likely to report persistent neck pain 12 months after index surgery.

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ACDFanterior cervical discectomy and fusionneck painpain scorepatient-reported outcomesspine surgeryVAS-NP

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PMID29796370
PMCPMC5958477

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