Effect of diabetes on patient-reported outcome measures at one year after laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 9684
• Main Authors: Nagata, Kosei, Miyahara, Junya, Nakamoto, Hideki, Kawamura, Naohiro, Takeshita, Yujiro, Higashikawa, Akiro, Ono, Takashi, Fukushima, Masayoshi, Okazaki, Rentaro, Hara, Nobuhiro, Kato, So, Doi, Toru, Taniguchi, Yuki, Matsubayashi, Yoshitaka, Tanaka, Sakae, Oshima, Yasushi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 11.06.2022; Nature Publishing Group UK; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: Arm; Central nervous system diseases; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Neck; Pain; Patients; Peripheral neuropathy; Quality of life; Spinal cord; Surgery

Although patients with diabetes reportedly have more peripheral neuropathy, the impacts of diabetes on postoperative recovery in pain and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) after laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is not well characterized. The authors aimed to elucidate t...