作者
Benjamin M Davies, Daniel Stubbs, Conor S Gillespie, Ben Grodzinski, Ashwin Venkatesh, Matthew Guilfoyle, Mark RN Kotter, Rodney Laing
发表日期
2023/5
期刊
Acta Neurochirurgica
卷号
165
期号
5
页码范围
1133-1140
出版商
Springer Vienna
简介
Purpose
Degenerative cervical myelopathy is a progressive slow-motion spinal cord injury. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment. Baseline disability predicts surgical recovery; therefore, timely treatment is critical to restoring function. However, current challenges mean most patients present with advanced disease and are instead left with life changing disabilities. While short-term mortality is rarely reported, the long-term effects of this on life expectancy are unknown, including whether function could be modifiable with timely treatment. This article investigates the effect of DCM on life expectancy.
Methods
The survival of patients from an observational study of patients undergoing surgery from 1994 to 2007 was compared to their expected survival using a gender- and aged -matched cohort. Comparisons were made by one sample log-rank test and standardised mortality ratios. Factors associated with survival were …
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