Elderly Patients Show Substantial Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Despite Medical Frailty: An Ambispective Analysis of a Multicenter, International Data Set.

Publication

Elderly Patients Show Substantial Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Despite Medical Frailty: An Ambispective Analysis of a Multicenter, International Data Set.

Journal Paper/Review - Jan 10, 2024

Pedro Karlo M, Alvi MohamAli, Hejrati Nader, Moghaddamjou Ali, Fehlings Michael G

Citation

Pedro K, Alvi M, Hejrati N, Moghaddamjou A, Fehlings M. Elderly Patients Show Substantial Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Despite Medical Frailty: An Ambispective Analysis of a Multicenter, International Data Set. Neurosurgery 2024

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Neurosurgery 2024

Publication Date

Jan 10, 2024

Issn Electronic

1524-4040

Brief description/objective

We assessed the relationship between Modified Frailty Index-5 (mFI-5) and neurological outcomes, as well as health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures, in elderly patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) after surgery.