Recently an article that I co-wrote was published in the January issue of Spine. This article is entitled, “Comparison of Short-term SF-36 Results between Total Joint Arthroplasty and Cervical Spine Decompression and Fusion or Arthroplasty.”
The purpose of this research was to evaluate patient outcomes – comparing cervical spine surgery with hip and knee surgery. The measurement tool was a functional outcome score that measures a patient’s ability to perform activities of daily living. This is a patient derived score, based on results obtained from a questionnaire that the patient completes.
The surgical procedures were hip and knee arthroplasty compared to cervical spine surgical procedures. The spine surgical procedures evaluated were cervical arthroplasty, (cervical disc replacement), and cervical discectomy with cervical fusion.
In summary, all groups showed significant improvement in their scores post-surgery. Although, patients that underwent cervical spine surgery showed greater or equal improvement.
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