Abstract
Object: The authors investigated patients' self assessments of cervical surgery and evaluated the short-term results. Materials and Methods: Our center had 114 cervical surgeries from July, 2005 to September, 2006 and we investigated all cases. Patients assessed Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Neurological Cervical Spine Scale (NCSS), Neck Disability Questionnaire Index (NDI) and Short-Form 36 (SF-36) v2 at admission, 2 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months of post operation. Data was analyzed by one-way ANOVA, and then differences among means were analyzed using the Scheffe method (p<0.05). Results: 105 patients (73 men and 32 women) responded to the scales at admission and returned 528 answers for 24 months. The mean age was 58.6 years (16〜86). The mean follow-up period was 17.1 months (range, 10〜24). We observed that VAS, NDI, SF-36-BP and MH improved significantly (p<0.01) from 3 to 6 months after the operations. NCSS, SF-36-PF, RP, SF, GH, VT and RE didn't improve significantly. Conclusions: VAS, NDI and SF-36-BP and MH had significantly improved from after 3 to 6 months with the cervical operations.
