Pretreatment of Anxiety Before Cervical Spine Surgery Improves Clinical Outcomes: A Prospective, Single-Institution Experience
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Cheng J, Bagley C. Pretreatment of Anxiety Before Cervical Spine Surgery Improves Clinical Outcomes: A Prospective, Single-Institution Experience. World Neurosurgery 2015, 88: 625-630. PMID: 26585724, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck Disability IndexNeck pain scoresVisual analog scaleSpine surgeryPain scoresPostoperative painClinical outcomesControl cohortAffective disordersDuke University Medical CenterAnxiety disordersVAS neck painLower postoperative painSF-12 PCSAnterior cervical discectomyCervical spine pathologyCervical spine surgeryNerve root injurySF-12 MCSSingle institution experienceShort Form-12Clinical outcome dataPatient reported outcomesBoard-certified psychiatristUniversity Medical Center