Aims. The purpose of this study was to investigate the risk of additional surgery in the lumbar spine and to describe long-term changes in patient-reported outcomes after surgery for
Aims. Repeated lumbar spine surgery has been associated with inferior clinical outcomes. This study aimed to examine and quantify the impact of this association in a national clinical register cohort. Methods. This is a population-based study from the Norwegian Registry for Spine surgery (NORspine). We included 26,723 consecutive cases operated for lumbar spinal stenosis or
Background. Percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar discectomy (PEID) has achieved favorable effects in the treatment of
The aims of this study were to determine the rates of surgical complications, reoperations, and readmissions following herniated lumbar disc surgery, and to investigate the impact of sociodemographic factors and comorbidity on the rate of such unfavourable events. This was a longitudinal observation study. Data from herniated lumbar disc operations were retrieved from a large medical database using a combination of procedure and diagnosis codes from all public hospitals in Norway from 1999 to 2013. The impact of age, gender, geographical affiliation, education, civil status, income, and comorbidity on unfavourable events were analyzed by logistic regression.Aims
Patients and Methods
Purpose: In recent years, many reports have described spontaneous resorption of
We have treated 15 patients with massive
Introduction: Operations inside the spinal canal are afflicted with a certain number of iatrogenic dural lesions. Incidence figures in the literature vary from 1 to 17% and are mainly based on retrospective studies. The Swedish Spine Register, SweSpine, provides a good possibility to study the incidence in a prospective patient material. Patients and Methods: During 5 years more than 9 000 patients had surgical treatment for
We present our four-year experience with a new minimally invasive method for ambulatory treatment of
Introduction Minimally invasive lumbar discectomy using the METRx™ System (MAST discectomy) has been advocated as an alternative to open microdiscectomy for symptomatic posterolateral
Aims. Open discectomy (OD) is the standard operation for
Background. Recently, some studies have focused attention on the possibility that anaerobic pathogens of low virulence could constitute an etiological factor in disc herniation. There have been isolated such strains, predominantly Propionibacterium acne, between 7 and 53% of patients undergoing surgery for disc pathology. According to these studies, patients with anaerobic infections of the disc are more likely to develop Modic changes in the adjacent vertebrae. The aim of this work was to test this hypothesis by growing in specific media the disc material extracted in a series of lumbar discectomy and relating this factor with the presence of pre-intervention Modic changes. Methods. A total of 22 consecutive patients undergoing primary unisegmental discectomy for
Introduction and Objectives: Indications for surgery in the treatment of
Between 1995 and 1999, 12 patients aged 65 years or more (mean 70.2) with
The purpose of this study is to call attention to the diagnosis of spinal cyst caused by
Percutaneous nucleotomy is a relatively new technique for treating
In this retrospective study 27 patients who had undergone revision discectomies for recurrent
We reviewed two comparable groups of patients who had been treated for
We measured the serum concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP) by a high-sensitive method in patients with
The outcome of surgery for recurrent lumbar disc
herniation is debatable. Some studies show results that are comparable
with those of primary discectomy, whereas others report worse outcomes.
The purpose of this study was to compare the outcome of revision
lumbar discectomy with that of primary discectomy in the same cohort
of patients who had both the primary and the recurrent herniation
at the same level and side. A retrospective analysis of prospectively gathered data was undertaken
in 30 patients who had undergone both primary and revision surgery
for late recurrent
The purpose of this review is to evaluatei the clinical and surgical aspects of