ReviewJournal of spine surgery (Hong Kong)2020
Outcomes and value in elective cervical spine surgery: an introductory and practical narrative review.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Patients May Return to Work Sooner After Laminoplasty: Occupational Outcomes of the Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Surgical Trial.Neurosurgery · 2025Trial
- Do patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy recover as quickly and as well after surgery as patients suffering from other degenerative disorders of the cervical spine?Brain & spine · 2026Article
- The impact of elective spine surgery in Canada for degenerative conditions on patient reported health-related quality of life outcomes.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
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- Expectations of clinical improvement following corrective surgery for adult cervical deformity based on functional disability at presentation.Spine deformity · 2024Article
- Is It Possible for Patients with Early Distal Junctional Kyphosis following Adult Cervical Deformity Corrective Surgery to Achieve Similar Outcomes to Their Unaffected Counterparts? An Analysis of Recovery Kinetics.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Results in Clinically Significant Improvements in Patients With Preoperative Sleep Difficulties.International journal of spine surgery · 2022Article
- Dysphagia Weakly Correlates With Other Patient-Reported Outcomes After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.Cureus · 2021Article
- Smartphone GPS signatures of patients undergoing spine surgery correlate with mobility and current gold standard outcome measures.Journal of neurosurgery. Spine · 2021Article
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Abstract
How we determine a successful clinical outcome and the value of a spine intervention are two major questions surrounding clinical spine research. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs), both LEGACY and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures, are becoming ubiquitous throughout the literature. Spine surgeons need a facile understanding of the financial landscape of their environment to influence change. In the current introductory, narrative review on outcomes and value in cervical spine surgery, we aim to: (I) define relevant outcome and cost terminology, (II) review recent cervical spine surgery literature, divided by specific pathology with a focus on LEGACY and PROMIS measures, and (III) discuss value and cost as they pertain to postoperative return to work and ambulatory surgery centers surgeries.
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