ArticleTrials2021
Operative treatment of cervical radiculopathy: anterior cervical decompression and fusion compared with posterior foraminotomy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Article in Trials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT04177849 (Örebro Multicenter Study on Operative Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Örebro Multicenter Study on Operative Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy: Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion Versus Posterior Foraminotomy
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Posterior cervical foraminotomy versus anterior cervical discectomy for Cervical Brachialgia: the FORVAD RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2023Trial
- Therapeutic Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Selective Nerve Block on Chronic Cervical Radiculopathy.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Association Between Preoperative Neuropathic Pain and Patient Reported Outcome Measures After Cervical Spinal Cord Decompression Surgery.Global spine journal · 2024Article
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- Erratum issued
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundCervical radiculopathy is the most common disease in the cervical spine, affecting patients around 50-55 year of age. An operative treatment is common clinical praxis when non-operative treatment fails. The controversy is in the choice of operative treatment, conducting either anterior cervical decompression and fusion or posterior foraminotomy. The study objective is to evaluate short- and long-term outcome of anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) and posterior foraminotomy (PF)
methodsA multicenter prospective randomized controlled trial with 1:1 randomization, ACDF vs. PF including 110 patients. The primary aim is to evaluate if PF is non-inferior to ACDF using a non-inferiority design with ACDF as "active control." The neck disability index (NDI) is the primary outcome measure, and duration of follow-up is 2 years. DISCUSSION: Due to absence of high level of evidence, the authors believe that a RCT will improve the evidence for using the different surgical treatments for cervical radiculopathy and strengthen current surgical treatment recommendation.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04177849. Registered on November 26, 2019.
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