Cervical Myelopathy Spondylosis, Low Back Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
Low back pain may be reduced after cervical spinal surgery
Detailed description
The improved back pain score after cervical spinal surgery would be higher than that after non-surgical treatment.
Interventions
PROCEDURECervical spinal surgery
Cervical laminoplasty or anterior discectomy and fusion
Sponsors
Seoul National University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* all patients with cervical myelopathy and low back pain
Exclusion criteria
* previous surgery at the lumbar spine * malignancy * previous surgery at the cervical spine
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Low back pain | postoperative 6 months | improve visual analogue pain score (VAS) more than 1.2/10 |
| functional outcome | postoperative 6 months | improve Oswestry diability index (ODI) more than 6.2/45 |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed