Is brace necessary after cervical surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

被引:3
作者
Yang Mao [1 ]
Zhao Jindong [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Fang Zhaohui [1 ,3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Anhui Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Affiliated Hosp 1, Hefei, Peoples R China
[2] Anhui Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Hefei, Peoples R China
[3] Anhui Acad Chinese Med, Inst Diabet, Hefei, Peoples R China
[4] Minist Educ, Key Lab Xinan Med, Hefei, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
cervical brace; meta-analysis; postoperative cervical spine; SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS; NECK PAIN; FUSION; COLLAR; DISKECTOMY; RADICULOPATHY; DECOMPRESSION; LAMINOPLASTY; RANGE;
D O I
10.1097/MD.0000000000029791
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Background: Currently, there are increasing surgical treatments for neck pain. However, whether to use cervical brace after operation remains poorly defined. We aim to clear the clinical efficacy of the use of cervical brace after cervical surgery. Methods: We searched for relevant studies in 8 electronic databases up to March 2021. The mean difference and 95% confidence intervals were used for continuous data. Cochrane Collaboration's tool was used to assess the risk of bias. The data were collected and input into the Review Manager 5.3 software (The Cochrane Collaboration, Copenhagen, Denmark). Results: Four randomized controlled trials were finally included in our study. For pain, the pooled analysis showed that postoperative neck brace compared with no brace can relieve neck pain at all follow-up periods except 6 months. For neck disability index, the result showed that postoperative neck brace compared with no brace can improve neck disability index during the 3 to 12 month follow-up period. However, no significant difference was identified between 2 groups within the follow-up of 6 weeks after surgery. In addition, the result tends to get the opposite at follow-up of 24 months. For 36-Short form health survey Physical Component Summary, there was no significant difference between 2 groups in the early 3 weeks after surgery, but the results were changed after 3 weeks. For 36-short form health survey Mental Component Summary, there appears to be no significant change between 2 groups at all time intervals. Conclusion: Wearing a cervical brace after cervical surgery is conducive to improving symptoms after cervical surgery at different stages. However, there is no relevant evidence indicating it can improve the mental health of postoperative patients. Higher quality, large prospective randomized studies are needed to verify the current conclusions.
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