Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Utility for Predicting Spinal Surgery in an Integrated Spine Practice

ConclusionsContrary to our hypothesis, this analysis demonstrates that the PROMs evaluated in this study, alone are insufficient to identify patients who may elect to pursue spinal surgery. Male gender and increasing age correlate with decision for later spinal surgery.Level of EvidenceII

Source: PMandR - July 13, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research