Thorsten Jentzsch, Stephen J Lewis, Colby Oitment, Anna Rienmüller, Allan R Martin, Christopher J Nielsen, Hananel Shear-Yashuv, Marinus de Kleuver, Yong Qiu, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Lawrence G Lenke, Ahmet Alanay, Ferran Pellisé-Urquiza, Kenneth M C Cheung, Maarten Spruit, David W Polly, Jonathan N Sembrano, Christopher I Shaffrey, Justin S Smith, Michael P Kelly, Benny Dahl, Sigurd H Berven
STUDY DESIGN: Multicenter, international prospective study. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the clinical outcome up to 2 years after multi-level spinal deformity surgery in the elderly by reporting the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of EuroQol 5-dimensions (EQ-5D), EQ-VAS, and residential status. METHODS: As an ancillary study of 219 patients ≥60 years with spinal deformity undergoing primary instrumented fusion surgery of ≥5 levels, this study focuses on EQ-5D (3-L) as the primary outcome and EQ-VAS and residential status as secondary outcomes...
March 21, 2023: Global Spine Journal