ArticleInternational journal of spine surgery2022
Impact of Gender on Postsurgical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.
Article in International journal of spine surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Risk factors for symptomatic hematoma following cervical spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of smoking on the radiological and functional outcomes of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with anchored standalone cages.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2025Article
- The influence of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery on cervical muscles and the correlation between related muscle changes and surgical efficacy.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrior studies associate male gender with higher complication rates following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), but none has investigated gender influence on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) following single-level ACDF.
methodsPatients undergoing primary, single-level ACDF were divided into female and male groups. Visual analog scale (VAS) neck/arm, Neck Disability Index (NDI), 12-item short form (SF-12) physical composite score (PCS), PROM information system physical function (PROMIS-PF), and veterans RAND 12-item (VR-12) health survey PCS were collected preoperatively and postoperatively. Simple linear regression analysis evaluated the predictive capability of gender on PROMs. Multiple regression analysis was performed to determine the effects of gender on mean PROMs while accounting for insurance type. Established MCID values determined achievement rates across PROMs.
resultsA total of 179 women and 134 men were included. Cohorts differed in insurance type, length of stay, and discharge day (
conclusionWomen reported significantly higher long-term physical function health (SF-12 PCS and VR-12 PCS) compared with men, while disability and pain did not differ. Nevertheless, no significant differences in MCID achievement were observed for any PROM studied. Gender does not appear to play a significant role in clinically meaningful recovery following single-level ACDF. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Gender has little value in prognostication for determining clinically meaningful recovery after single-level ACDF. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3:
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