The reviewers recommend “Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Nationwide Registry-Based Observational Study with Patient-Reported Outcomes”¹ as essential literature for all spine surgeons. In this study, authors utilized the NORspine registry to quantify changes in a multitude of disability, pain, and quality of life metrics for patients undergoing surgical management for degenerative cervical myelopathy. Across a 6.5-yr period, their study enrolled 905 patients, and their results demonstrated statistically significant improvements in all measured metrics. Minimal clinically important change, a surrogate for clinical significance, was met for all patient-reported outcome measures as well. Importantly, more than 44% of their patient sample subjectively reported feeling “much better” or “complete[ly] recover[ed]” at 1 yr following intervention, and an additional 27.3% of patients reported feeling “slightly...

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评论：退行性脊髓型颈椎病手术：一项基于全国登记处的观察性研究，患者报告结果

审稿人推荐“退行性脊髓型颈椎病手术：一项基于全国登记处的观察性研究，并有患者报告的结果”¹作为所有脊柱外科医生的必备文献。在这项研究中，作者利用 NORspine 注册表来量化接受退行性脊髓型颈椎病手术治疗的患者的多种残疾、疼痛和生活质量指标的变化。在 6.5 年的时间里，他们的研究招募了 905 名患者，他们的结果表明所有测量指标都有统计学意义的显着改善。最小的临床重要变化，临床意义的替代，也满足了所有患者报告的结果测量。重要的是，超过 44% 的患者样本在干预后 1 年主观上报告感觉“好多了”或“完全[完全]恢复[ed]”，另外 27.3% 的患者报告感觉“稍微……