Association Between Preoperative Neuropathic Pain and Patient Reported Outcome Measures After Cervical Spinal Cord Decompression Surgery.
Kosei NagataKeiichiro TozawaJunya MiyaharaYusuke ItoHideki NakamotoKoji NakajimaSo KatoToru DoiYuki TaniguchiYoshitaka MatsubayashiSakae TanakaYasushi OshimaPublished in: Global spine journal (2022)
The preoperative NeP, assessed by PDQ, was observed in approximately 30% of patients with DCM who underwent decompression surgery. The presence of NeP was associated with worse pre- and postoperative NDI/EQ-5D/COMI-Neck scores.