Jeremy C Heard, Meera Kohli, Teeto Ezeonu, Yunsoo Lee, Mark J Lambrechts, Rajkishen Narayanan, Quinn Kirkpatrick, Nathaniel Kern, Jose A Canseco, Mark Kurd, Ian D Kaye, Alan S Hilibrand, Alexander R Vaccaro, Gregory D Schroeder, Christopher K Kepler
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between muscle quality and (1) patient-reported outcomes and (2) surgical outcomes after lumbar microdiscectomy surgery. METHODS: Adult patients (>18 years) who underwent lumbar microdiscectomy from 2014-2021 at a single academic institution were identified. Outcomes were collected during the preoperative, three-month, six-month, and one-year postoperative periods. Those included were the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Visual Analog Scale Back and Leg (VAS-Back and VAS-Leg, respectively), and the mental and physical component of the short-form 12 survey (MCS and PCS)...
January 4, 2024: World Neurosurgery