Researchers looked at the time it took patients to recognize a brake stimulus and then press the brake using computer software. They looked at cervical patients with anterior and posterior approaches, as well as myelopathic and nonmyelopathic, and at lumber spinal patients with decompressions and fusions.
The paper titled “When Is It Safe to Return to Driving After Cervical and Lumbar Spinal Surgery?” was named a “Best Paper” and presented at the North American Spine Society 28th Annual Meeting in New Orleans this week.
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