This study aims to evaluate the impact of associated psychological co-morbidities (Depression/Anxiety), smoking history, gender, work benefits and employment status on the clinical outcome following anterior cervical disc replacement (ACDR). We included in our study 100 patients who underwent ACDR in our Spinal Unit (between May 2006 – May 2010). We used as clinical outcome measures: Visual Analogue Score for neck pain (VAS-NP) and arm pain (VAS-AP), Neck Disability Index (NDI) and Bodily Pain (SF36-BP) component of the Short Form 36 questionnaire. Statistics were obtained using SPSS 16.0 for Windows (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL). Independent sample t-test for normally distributed data and Man-Whitney U test for non-parametric data were used. Statistical significance was designated at p < 0.05.Introduction
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