Study design
neck pain, radiculopathy, psychiatric, disability
DEGENERATIVE, RADICULOPATHY, NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION
A 20-24-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial comparing self-reported outcomes of neck pain and disability after CP and a CIFC [An administrator at the neurosurgical clinic identified individuals from the original study [
Inclusion criteria of the original randomized controlled trial• > 6 months of neck pain and radiculopathy of degenerative origin• MRI and clinical findings of cervical nerve root compression• myelopathy• psychiatric disorder• drug abuse• previous spine surgeryMRI = magnetic resonance imaging