Early Gender Differences in Pain and Functional Recovery Following Thoracolumbar Spinal Arthrodesis.

Matthew T GulbrandsenNina LaraJames A BeauchampAndrew S ChungMichael ChangDennis Crandall

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)

Although females have more pain and dysfunction before undergoing spinal surgery, the differences in these values do not reach the Minimum Clinically Important Difference (MCID). Post-operatively, there is no difference in pain and function scores among males and females at 3, 6, and 12 months.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
spinal cord
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome