Prospective study to evaluate the effect of wearing a hard collar after anterior cervical discectomy without fusion

ISRCTN	ISRCTN50173159
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN50173159
Protocol serial number	N0051117056
Sponsor	Department of Health (UK)
Funder	Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)

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Dr Willem Adriaan Liebenberg
Scientific

Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (PR)
Princess Royal
Lewes Road
Haywards Heath
RH16 4EX
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	Will wearing of a neck collar reduce postoperative kyposis in patients who had anterior cervical discectomies?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Musculoskeletal Diseases: anterior cervical discectomy
Intervention	Randomisation to the wearing of a collar or not in two blinded study groups
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Direct comparison of the angle of kyphosis
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	30/04/2004

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Key inclusion criteria	Routine patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/05/2002
Date of final enrolment	30/04/2004

Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (PR)

Haywards Heath
RH16 4EX
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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