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What is Cervical decompression surgery?

Cervical decompression surgery refers to procedures intended to relieve symptoms caused by pressure, or compression, on the spinal cord and/or nerve roots in the cervical spine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 2 1 Efficacy_none
Neck pain 2 1 Efficacy_slight
Pain in right leg 1 0
Spondylosis 1 0
Pain in left hip 1 0
Herniated Disc 1 0

See all 3 patients currently having Cervical decompression surgery

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Cervical decompression surgery

Hospitalization 6
Pain 1
Back pain 1
Difficulty standing (ie from floor, sitting) 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Cervical decompression surgery (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated 7   Not indicated: 88%
Other 1   Other: 13%

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped having Cervical decompression surgery

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Having Cervical decompression surgery

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Having Cervical decompression surgery

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Cervical decompression surgery

Always
 2 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cervical decompression surgery

Very
 1 50%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cervical decompression surgery

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 28, 2012.