Praveen V Mummaneni, Erica F Bisson, Giorgos Michalopoulos, William J Mualem, Sally El Sammak, Michael Y Wang, Andrew K Chan, Regis W Haid, John J Knightly, Dean Chou, Brandon A Sherrod, Oren N Gottfried, Christopher I Shaffrey, Jacob L Goldberg, Michael S Virk, Ibrahim Hussain, Nitin Agarwal, Steven D Glassman, Mark E Shaffrey, Paul Park, Kevin T Foley, Brenton Pennicooke, Domagoj Coric, Jonathan R Slotkin, Eric A Potts, Kai-Ming G Fu, Anthony L Asher, Mohamad Bydon
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare clinical and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) between posterior foraminotomy and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) in patients presenting with cervical radiculopathy. METHODS: The Quality Outcomes Database was queried for patients who had undergone ACDF or posterior foraminotomy for radiculopathy. To create two highly homogeneous groups, optimal individual matching was performed at a 5:1 ratio between the two groups on 29 baseline variables (including demographic characteristics, comorbidities, symptoms, patient-reported scores, underlying pathologies, and levels treated)...
April 19, 2024: Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine