Preoperative Emotional Distress Negatively Impacts Foot and Ankle Outcomes

Category: Outcomes Research Introduction/Purpose: Prior work has demonstrated that greater preoperative emotional distress leads to worse outcomes in joint arthroplasty and spine surgery. However, there is limited data on the influence of impaired preoperative psychological function on foot and ankl...

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Main Authors: Devon Nixon MD, Jeremy J. McCormick MD, Sandra Klein MD, Brian Cusworth BA, Jeffrey Johnson MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-04-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011418S00012