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Title: Evaluation of selected quality of life features in the group of patients after past pathology of thoracic-lumbar spine

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The main objective of this study was a comprehensive evaluation of some aspects of the quality of life in patients who have undergone surgical treatment of the vertebral column in the thoracic and lumbar segments, their condition caused by injuries, neoplasms or inflammatory lesions. The sample of the prospective study comprised 143 surgical patients of the Clinic for Neurosurgery of the 5th Military Hospital with Polyclinic in Krakow, and the Clinic for Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology of the University Hospital in Krakow, with disorders leading to damage to bony structures, the ligament-articular apparatus, and damage or the risk of damage of nerve elements in the thoracic and lumbar segments of the vertebral column On the basis of these studies the main predictive factors of the quality of life after surgical treatment turned out to be age, functional status measured with the Barthel ADL index, presence of depression as well as etiopathogenesis and the location of the disordered segment in the vertebral column. Sex and marital status of the patients were also important. . The original study revealed the necessity of monitoring patients in regard of occurrence of major depressive disorder. Above all, this study established the need for a comprehensive evaluation of the patient’s condition, exceeding significantly the indications of their clinical condition.

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Level of degree:

2 - studia doktoranckie

Degree discipline:

zdrowie publiczne ; neurochirurgia ; neurotraumatologia

Degree grantor:

Wydział Lekarski

Promoter:

Gajdosz, Ryszard

Date issued:

2011

Identifier:

oai:dl.cm-uj.krakow.pl:3417

Call number:

ZB-116232

Language:

pol

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