Outcome of surgical treatment of XXXX in young individuals.

@entity1 @entity158 @entity890
@entity890 ( @entity890 ) is uncommon in youth and few cases are treated surgically. Very few outcome studies exist for @entity890 surgery in this age group. Our aim was to explore differences in gender in pre-operative level of disability and outcome of surgery for @entity890 in @entity1 aged  <= 20 years using prospectively collected data. From the national Swedish SweSpine register we identified 180 @entity1 with one-year and 108 with two-year follow-up data  <= 20 years of age, who between the years 2000 and 2010 had a primary operation for @entity890 . Both male and female @entity1 reported pronounced impairment before the operation in all @entity1 reported outcome measures, with female @entity1 experiencing significantly greater back @entity158 , having greater analgesic requirements and reporting significantly inferior scores in EuroQol (EQ-5D-index), EQ-visual analogue scale, most aspects of Short Form-36 and Oswestry Disabilities Index, when compared with male @entity1 . Surgery conferred a statistically significant improvement in all registered parameters, with few gender discrepancies. Quality of life at one year following surgery normalised in both males and females and only eight @entity1 (4.5%) were dissatisfied with the outcome. Virtually all parameters were stable between the one- and two-year follow-up examination. @entity890 surgery leads to normal health and a favourable outcome in both male and female @entity1 aged 20 years or younger, who failed to recover after non-operative management. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2015;97-B:1675-82.
