Do surgical expectations change depending on first time surgery or reoperation? A prospective cohort study in lumbar spine surgery.
Eur Spine J
; 24(11): 2370-6, 2015 Nov.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26310843
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To assess whether patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery for the first time (Group 1) had different expectations from those undergoing lumbar spine surgery for a failed previous procedure (Group 2).METHODS:
A prospective study that included 77 patients. A set of self-reported questionnaires was pre-operatively administered including VAS, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Zung Depression Scale and the NASS lumbar spine questionnaire (expectations scale).RESULTS:
Fifty-six patients in Group 1 and 21 patients in Group 2. Both groups had high expectations with regard to the surgical procedure (n.s.). Depressed patients, despite being more disabled than non-depressed according to ODI (p 0.001), had similar expectations than non-depressed patients (n.s.).CONCLUSION:
Patients' expectations remained very high despite having had a failed previous surgery for the same procedure.Key words
Full text:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Reoperation
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Orthopedic Procedures
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Lumbar Vertebrae
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur Spine J
Journal subject:
ORTOPEDIA
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain