Immediate Postoperative Pain Scores Predict Neck Pain Profile up to 1 Year Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.
Owoicho AdogwaAladine A ElsamadicyVictoria D VuongAnkit I MehtaRaul A VasquezJoseph S ChengCarlos A BagleyIsaac O KarikariPublished in: Global spine journal (2017)
Our study suggests that immediate postoperative patient reported neck pain scores accurately predicts and correlates with 12-month VAS-NP scores after an ACDF procedure. Patients with high neck pain scores after surgery are more likely to report persistent neck pain 12 months after index surgery.