Can a Successful Outcome After Surgery for Lumbar Disc Herniation Be Defined by the Oswestry Disability Index Raw Score?

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Prospective multicenter cohort study.

Objective

To investigate (1) the discriminative ability and cutoff estimates for success 12 months after surgery for lumbar disc herniation on the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) raw score compared with a change and a percentage change score and (2) to what extent these clinical outcomes depend on the baseline disability.

Methods

A total of 6840 patients operated for lumbar disc herniation from the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery (NORspine) were included. In receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses, a global perceived effect (GPE) scale (1-7) was used an external anchor. Success was defined as categories 1-2, "completely recovered" and "much better." Cutoffs for success for subgroups with different

SUBMITTER: Werner DAT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6963355 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature