Victor Staartjes, MD, PhD
Group Leader MICN Laboratory, Dept. of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich
Lecture: Gender differences in degenerative spine surgery: Do female patients really fare worse? (Language: Englisch)
Data shows that, in surgery for degenerative spine disease:
- Female patients present with a more advanced disease state than males preoperatively, and report more initial pain and disability accordingly.
- At short- and long-term follow-up, women still tend to report higher absolute pain and disability scores than men.
- However, female patients attain the same degree of improvement as their male counterparts.
- Female patients may thus fare worse in terms of absolute scores, but enjoy the same benefit from surgery as their male counterparts.
