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Outcome Instruments in Spinal Trauma Surgery: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Holt S Cutler¹, Javier Z Guzman¹, James Connolly¹

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States.

Global Spine Journal

|November 18, 2016

Summary

The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain is the most common outcome measure in spinal trauma surgery. However, its limited scope highlights the need for disease-specific instruments to accurately assess functional limitations.

Keywords:

American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale Frankel grade scale Oswestry Disability Index Short Form 36 patient-reported outcome instruments patient-reported outcomes spinal trauma outcomes visual analog scale

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Orthopedics
Neurosurgery
Clinical Outcomes Research

Background:

Spinal trauma surgery relies on outcome instruments to evaluate treatment efficacy.
Standardized outcome measurement is crucial for comparing surgical interventions and advancing patient care.

Conclusions:

The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is the predominant outcome instrument in spinal trauma surgery, despite its limitations in discriminating treatment effectiveness.
The diversity of functional measures employed underscores the need for a validated, disease-specific instrument for spinal trauma to accurately capture functional limitations.