A Clinical Prediction Rule for Functional Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Analysis of an International Prospective Multicenter Data Set of 757 Subjects

Conclusions:
Patients were more likely to achieve a score of ≥16 (indicating minimal impairment) if they were younger, had milder preoperative myelopathy, did not smoke, had fewer and less severe comorbidities, did not present with impaired gait, and had shorter symptom duration.

Level of Evidence:
Prognostic Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - December 16, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tetreault, L., Kopjar, B., Cote, P., Arnold, P., Fehlings, M. G. Tags: Spine Scientific Articles Source Type: research