Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 2: Assessment of functional outcome following lumbar fusion

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Publication Type pre-print
School or College School of Medicine
Department Neurosurgery
Creator Dailey, Andrew T.
Other Author Ghogawala, Zoher; Resnick, Daniel K.; Watters III, William C.; Mummaneni, Praveen V.; Choudhri, Tanvir F.; Eck, Jason C.; Sharan, Alok; Groff, Michael W.; Wang, Jeffrey C.; Dhall, SanJay S.; Kaiser, Michael G.
Title Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 2: Assessment of functional outcome following lumbar fusion
Date 2014-01-01
Description Assessment of functional patient-reported outcome following lumbar spinal fusion continues to be essential for comparing the effectiveness of different treatments for patients presenting with degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. When assessing functional outcome in patients being treated with lumbar spinal fusion, a reliable, valid, and responsive outcomes instrument such as the Oswestry Disability Index should be used. The SF-36 and the SF-12 have emerged as dominant measures of general health-related quality of life. Research has established the minimum clinically important difference for major functional outcomes measures, and this should be considered when assessing clinical outcome. The results of recent studies suggest that a patient's pretreatment psychological state is a major independent variable that affects the ability to detect change in functional outcome.
Type Text
Publisher American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Volume 21
Issue 1
First Page 7
Last Page 13
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Ghogawala, Z., Resnick, D. K., Watters III, W. C., Mummaneni, P. V., Dailey, A.T., Choudhri, T. F., Eck, J. C., Sharan, A., Groff, M. W., Wang, J. C., Dhall, S. S., & Kaiser, M. G. (2014). Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 2: Assessment of functional outcome following lumbar fusion. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 21(1), 7-13.
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