Race as an Independent Predictor of Temporal Delay in Time to Diagnosis and Treatment in Patients with Cervical Stenosis: A Study of 133 Patients with Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Elsamadicy AA, Adogwa O, Fialkoff J, Mehta AI, Vasquez RA, Cheng J, Bagley CA, Karikari IO. Race as an Independent Predictor of Temporal Delay in Time to Diagnosis and Treatment in Patients with Cervical Stenosis: A Study of 133 Patients with Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. World Neurosurgery 2016, 96: 107-110. PMID: 27567581, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.08.070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedAnxietyBlack or African AmericanCervical VertebraeDecompression, SurgicalDelayed DiagnosisDepressionDiskectomyEthnicityFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSex FactorsSpinal FusionSpinal StenosisTime-to-TreatmentWhite PeopleConceptsAnterior cervical discectomyVisual analog scaleCervical stenosisIndependent predictorsCervical discectomyPatient demographicsMultivariate analysisElective anterior cervical discectomyVAS neck pain scoresPatient-reported outcome measuresSignificant cervical stenosisSymptomatic cervical stenosisVAS neck painIndependent risk factorPostoperative complication rateWorse postoperative outcomesBody mass indexStandard deviation ageMajor academic medical centerHistory of depressionAcademic medical centerPreoperative painNeurological sequelaePain scoresPostoperative outcomes