Open AccessRelationship between depression and clinical outcome following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
Author(s) -
Kevin Phan,
Dane Moran,
Thomas Kostowski,
Risheng Xu,
Rory Goodwin,
Benjamin D. Elder,
Seba Ramhmdani,
Ali Bydon
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of spine surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2414-469X
pISSN - 2414-4630
DOI - 10.21037/jss.2017.05.02
Subject(s) - anterior cervical discectomy and fusion , depression (economics) , medicine , retrospective cohort study , univariate analysis , cohort , surgery , multivariate analysis , cervical spine , economics , macroeconomics
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a commonly performed procedure for patients with symptomatic degenerative conditions of the cervical spine. The objective is to assess the impact of preoperative depression and other baseline characteristics on patient reported clinical outcomes following ACDF surgery based on the experience at our institution.