Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: It is estimated that 10 000 patients
seek medical care due to cervical radiculopathy every year in Denmark. Although the natural …

Abstract Background Context Patient satisfaction is becoming an increasing common proxy
for surgical quality; however, the correlation between patient satisfaction and surgical …

BACKGROUND Modern healthcare reforms focus on identifying and measuring the quality
and value of care. Patient satisfaction is particularly important in the management of …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort. Objective. Determine the effect of duration of symptoms
(DOS) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes for patients with cervical …

Study Design. A retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective. Compare
health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcome metrics in patients undergoing primary and …

Study Design. A prospective assessment, performed using the Health Status Questionnaire,
of the outcomes for 28 patients with cervical radiculopathy treated with one-or two-level …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND CONTEXT Defining clinically meaningful success criteria from
patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is crucial for clinical audits, research and …

Background context There have been controversial reports published in the literature on the
duration of symptoms (DOS) and clinical outcome correlation in patients undergoing anterior …

Objectives: A prospective follow-up study of patients with anterior cervical discectomy and
fusion (ACDF) for single-level cervical disc disease was conducted to determine the extent …

Background To investigate the efficacy of adding supplemental fusion or arthroplasty after
cervical anterior discectomy for symptomatic mono-level cervical degenerative disease …