Predicting Neck Dysfunction After Open-Door Cervical Laminoplasty - A Prospective Cohort Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze the predictive factors for neck pain and cervical spine function after laminoplasty for degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) using K-means for longitudinal data (KML).

Methods

In this prospective cohort study, we collected clinical and radiographic data from patients with DCM who underwent cervical laminoplasty. A novel index of surgical outcome, "neck function," which comprises neck pain and cervical spine function according to the Japanese Orthopedic Association Cervical Myelopathy Evaluation Questionnaire, was proposed. We treated surgical outcomes as longitudinal rather than cross-sectional data and used KML for analysis. Patients were categorized as having good or poor outcomes based on the KML graph of neck pain and cervical spine function.

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SUBMITTER: Hsu CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11744542 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature