PURPOSE: The objective was to determine if particular magnetic resonance, clinical and demographic findings were associated with functional status prior to surgery and predictive of functional outcomes at follow-up.
RESULTS: The study included 65 consecutive CSM patients. The modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association Scale (mJOA) was used as the primary outcome measure. Higher baseline mJOA scores were associated with younger age, shorter duration of symptoms, fewer compressed segments and less severe cord compression. Better post-operative mJOA scores were associated with younger age, shorter duration of symptoms and higher baseline scores. Using multivariate analysis, baseline and follow-up mJOA scores adjusted for baseline mjOA score were best predicted by age.
CONCLUSION: Age and clinical severity scores at admission can both provide valuable information. However, MR imaging features of the spinal cord before surgery cannot accurately predict the functional prognosis for patients with CSM and hence alternative imaging approaches may be required.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/35517 |
| Date | 27 June 2013 |
| Creators | Karpova, Alina |
| Contributors | Fehlings, Michael G. |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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