Cervical JOA Score: Multicenter Randomized Trial Data for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy

216 patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy were recruited from three spine centers in Japan for a randomized controlled trial comparing surgical fixation methods. The dataset likely contains primary endpoint data on the recovery rate of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score at 1 year postoperatively, along with secondary clinical and radiological outcomes. The data was authored by Kentaro Yamada and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Compare neurological recovery rates based on JOA score recovery rate between two surgical fixation methods.
• Analyze correlations between operative time, blood loss, and clinical outcomes like EQ-5D-5L, VAS, and NDI scores.
• Evaluate radiological outcomes such as lamina retention rate and hinge fracture incidence against clinical improvement.
• Assess cost-effectiveness by comparing direct medical costs between the clip-plate and suture-anchor techniques.

Strengths

• Data originates from a multicenter, randomized controlled trial, a high-quality study design.
• Includes 216 patient records, providing a substantial sample size for analysis.
• Captures a wide range of endpoints: primary clinical score, secondary assessments, radiological outcomes, and cost data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to being collected solely in Japan.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data collected as part of a multicenter, open-label, non-inferiority randomized controlled trial.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 17:39:45; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Japan