SPINE Volume 40, Number 3, pp 193-200 ©2015, Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
SURGERY
Influence of Pain Sensitivity on Surgical Outcomes After Lumbar Spine Surgery in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Ho-Joong Kim, MD,* Jeong-Ik Lee, MD,* Kyoung-Tak Kang, MS,† Bong-Soon Chang, MD,‡ Choon-Ki Lee, MD,‡ Ruth Ruscheweyh, MD,§ Sung Shik Kang, MD,¶ and Jin S. Yeom, MD*
Study Design. Prospective observational study. Objective. To assess the influence of pain sensitivity on surgical outcomes after lumbar spine surgery in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Summary of Background Data. No previous study has investigated the relationship between the surgical outcomes for LSS and pain sensitivity questionnaire (PSQ) scores. Methods. The study included 171 patients who were scheduled to undergo spine surgery for LSS. On the basis of their PSQ scores, patients were assigned to either a low (PSQ score
SURGERY
Influence of Pain Sensitivity on Surgical Outcomes After Lumbar Spine Surgery in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Ho-Joong Kim, MD,* Jeong-Ik Lee, MD,* Kyoung-Tak Kang, MS,† Bong-Soon Chang, MD,‡ Choon-Ki Lee, MD,‡ Ruth Ruscheweyh, MD,§ Sung Shik Kang, MD,¶ and Jin S. Yeom, MD*
Study Design. Prospective observational study. Objective. To assess the influence of pain sensitivity on surgical outcomes after lumbar spine surgery in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Summary of Background Data. No previous study has investigated the relationship between the surgical outcomes for LSS and pain sensitivity questionnaire (PSQ) scores. Methods. The study included 171 patients who were scheduled to undergo spine surgery for LSS. On the basis of their PSQ scores, patients were assigned to either a low (PSQ score
