• Eur Spine J · Nov 2015

    Do surgical expectations change depending on first time surgery or reoperation? A prospective cohort study in lumbar spine surgery.

    • G Vilà-Canet, A Covaro, A García de Frutos, M T Ubierna, S Rodríguez-Alabau, S Mojal, and E Cáceres.
    • Institut Universitari Quirón-Dexeus, ICATME, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, C/Sabino Arana 5-19, 08028, Barcelona, Spain. gvilacanet@gmail.com.
    • Eur Spine J. 2015 Nov 1; 24 (11): 2370-6.

    PurposeTo assess whether patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery for the first time (Group 1) had different expectations from those undergoing lumbar spine surgery for a failed previous procedure (Group 2).MethodsA prospective study that included 77 patients. A set of self-reported questionnaires was pre-operatively administered including VAS, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Zung Depression Scale and the NASS lumbar spine questionnaire (expectations scale).ResultsFifty-six patients in Group 1 and 21 patients in Group 2. Both groups had high expectations with regard to the surgical procedure (n.s.). Depressed patients, despite being more disabled than non-depressed according to ODI (p 0.001), had similar expectations than non-depressed patients (n.s.).ConclusionPatients' expectations remained very high despite having had a failed previous surgery for the same procedure.

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