Table 10.
Clinical outcome following treatment of subaxial injuries assessed with the NDPI, the CSOQ, and the SF-36 component summary scores
| Study | FU (mo) | N | NPDI (%) | CSOQ | SF-36 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composite neck pain severity score | Composite shoulder/arm pain severity score | Functional disability score | Psychological distress score | Physical symptoms score | Healthcare utilization score | Physical component summary score | Mental component summary score | ||||
| Current, ACDFP | 62 | 26 | 12.4 ± 12.7 (0–40) | 15.6 ± 14.0 (0–40) | 15.0 ± 13.5 (0–33.3) | 8.1 ± 12.2 (0–28.6) | 19.0 ± 17.8 (0–50) | 26.6 ± 21.5 (0–66.7) | 9.2 ± 15.2 (0–40) | 47.0 ± 9.8 (18.2–59.3) | 52.2 ± 12.4 (14.6–75.3) |
| Fisher [33] HTV | 24 | 30 | – | 20.7 ± 17.7 | 25.8 ± 18.7 | 19.1 ± 24.1 | 30.1 ± 20.5 | 33.6 ± 22.6 | – | 43.6 ± 9.5 | 52.4 ± 9.3 |
| Fisher [30, 33, 80] ACP | 24 | – | 23.8 ± 23.5 | 21.5 ± 23.1 | 28.2 ± 23.9 | 32.9 ± 24.1 | 45.1 ± 20.9 | – | 32.6 ± 13.3 | 53.3 ± 14.3 | |
| Kandiziora [56] Cagea | 24 | 52 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kandiziora [56] ICGa | 24 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Kwon [64] ACDFPb | 12 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46.8 ± 3.1 | 52.3 ± 2.2 |
| Kwon [64] Posterior instrumented fusionb | 12 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46.9 ± 2.0 | 49.3 ± 2.3 |
Comparison to literature
HTV Halo thoracic vest, 67% w/neurology; ACP anterior corpectomy and plating, 95% w/neurology; ICG iliac crest autograft
aACDFP for both groups
bWith anterior and posterior treatment the NASS cervical spine questionnaire was 85.8 ± 8 and 81.7 ± 3.5 for pain scores, respectively