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“Chronic spinal degenerative diseases have been associated with reduced quality of life and dependency on others for personal needs and care. The change between preoperative and postoperative care dependency has yet to be explored in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM).”

“Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is often accompanied by neck pain, which, along with more recognized neurological deficits like motor and sensory changes, significantly impacts patients’ quality of life.”

“To assess if systemic illness severity affects cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) surgery outcomes.”

“We queried the Quality Outcomes Database for employed patients who underwent lumbar spine surgery for grade II spondylolisthesis. Return-to-work status was assessed if patients returned to work at any time within 24 months postoperatively.”

“1141 patients in the QOD with CSM underwent surgery. Access to care was measured by symptom duration (primary outcome) and baseline patient reported outcomes (PROs) including Neck Disability Index (NDI), Visual Analogue Scale-Neck Pain (VAS-NP), Visual Analogue Scale-Arm Pain (VAS-AP) and modified Japanese Orthopedic Association score (mJOA)(secondary outcomes).”

“Data was obtained from the Quality Outcomes Database CSM dataset, a prospective registry cohort of 1141 patients from 14 sites. Patients were excluded if they had missing baseline or 24-month mJOA scores, or baseline mJOA greater than 14.”

“Data was obtained from the Quality Outcomes Database CSM dataset, a prospective cohort of 1141 patients from 14 sites. Exclusion criteria included missing baseline or 24-month NDI scores, baseline NDI< 20, or no baseline neck pain."

“We analyzed the prospective Quality Outcomes Database consisting of patients with CSM who underwent cervical spine surgery. 1141 patients were split into an 80% training/20% testing cohort.”

“Patients who underwent surgery for high-grade lumbar spondylolisthesis were selected from the Quality Outcomes Database registry.”