Ninety Percent of Patients Are Satisfied With Their Decision to Undergo Spine Surgery for Degenerative Conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Cross-sectional survey and retrospective review of prospectively collected data.

Objective

To explore how patients perceive their decision to pursue spine surgery for degenerative conditions and evaluate factors correlated with decisional regret.

Summary of background data

Prior research shows that one-in-five older adults regret their decision to undergo spinal deformity surgery. However, no studies have investigated decisional regret in patients with degenerative conditions.

Methods

Patients who underwent cervical or lumbar spine surgery for degenerative conditions (decompression, fusion, or disk replacement) between April 2017 and December 2020 were included. The Ottawa Decisional Regret Questionnaire was implemented to assess prevalence of deci

SUBMITTER: Maayan O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11844801 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature