Patient-reported outcomes - NDI, PCS, MCS and VAS – at baseline and 1 year post-surgery, and change in outcome scores.

Abbreviations: NDI, Neck Disability Index; PCS, Physical Component Summary of the Short Form of the SF-36; MCS, Mental Component Summary of the Short Form of the SF-36; VAS, Visual Analog Scale; SD, Standard Deviation; No., Number of Patients. Baseline means preoperative. Change means the difference between 1 year and baseline values.缩略语说明如下：颈部功能障碍指数（Neck Disability Index，NDI）；SF-36简明健康调查问卷的躯体健康成分总结（Physical Component Summary of the Short Form of the SF-36，PCS）；SF-36简明健康调查问卷的心理健康成分总结（Mental Component Summary of the Short Form of the SF-36，MCS）；视觉模拟评分法（Visual Analog Scale，VAS）；标准差（Standard Deviation，SD）；患者例数（Number of Patients，No.）。其中，基线值指术前测量值；变化值为术后1年测量值与基线值的差值。