Influence of preoperative leg pain and radiculopathy on outcomes in mono-segmental lumbar total disc replacement: results from a nationwide registry

European Spine Journal

Christoph Röder¹  Emin Aghayev¹  Thomas Zweig¹  Daniel Dietrich¹  Markus Melloh¹  SWISSspine Registry Group¹ 

[1] Institute for Evaluative Research in Medicine, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse 78, 3014 Bern, Switzerland

关键词: Lumbar spine;    Leg pain;    Radiculopathy;    Total disc replacement;    Registry;    SWISSspine;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s00586-011-1863-x

学科分类：骨科学

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Currently, many pre-conditions are regarded as relative or absolute contraindications for lumbar total disc replacement (TDR). Radiculopathy is one among them. In Switzerland it is left to the surgeon’s discretion when to operate if he adheres to a list of pre-defined indications. Contraindications, however, are less clearly specified. We hypothesized that, the extent of pre-operative radiculopathy results in different benefits for patients treated with mono-segmental lumbar TDR. We used patient perceived leg pain and its correlation with physician recorded radiculopathy for creating the patient groups to be compared.

【 授权许可】

Unknown