Health-Related Quality of Life and Expectations of Spinal Stenosis Patients Towards the Surgical Treatment

Abstract

The objective of this cross-sectional analytical study was to compare health-related quality of life, presence of anxiety and depression symptoms, and functional limitation according to the location of the spinal stenosis; and to describe patients' expectations toward the surgical treatment. Thirty-two patients with lumbar stenosis and 22 with cervical stenosis participated in the study. Comparison of health-related quality of life showed statistically significant differences in pain and functional capacity dimensions. There were no statistically significant differences regarding anxiety and depression symptoms. The mean functional limitation was 53.2% (SD=11.9%) for the group with lumbar stenosis and 40.2% (SD=17.5%) for the group with cervical stenosis. Most participants expected great improvement of the symptoms after the surgical treatment. In the preoperative period, expectations of improvement are high and should be discussed with the health staff, since in clinical practice, this improvement is not always achieved with the surgical treatment.

Estenosis espinal cervical, reporte de un caso

“…(15) Además, se evidenció un estudio de 45 personas a quienes se les aplicó laminectomía con fijación de tornillos en masas laterales subaxiales con técnica de manos libres junto a barras longitudinales, los cuales no evidenciaron complicaciones neurológicas postquirúrgicas por instrumentación y en solo el 0,9% de los pacientes hubo fracturas de masas laterales, las cuales se resolvieron en el mismo momento. (16)…”