CompletedNot Applicable

Improvement of Low Back Pain After Decompression in Patients with Degenerative Spinal Canal Stenosis

Egypt55 participantsStarted 2023-03-20

Plain-language summary

Degenerative lumbar spine disease is a leading cause of disability in the world; it encompasses conditions such as spondylolisthesis, disc degeneration, and lumbar spinal stenosis. Those conditions present with a variety of clinical symptoms, including lower extremity pain, weakness, and low back pain (LBP) of varying levels of severity and in severe cases urine and stool incontinence may result.

Who can participate

Age range30 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease admitted to Assiut University Hospitals, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery between March 2023 and March 2024, to whom lumbar decompression surgery is indicated regardless of age or neurological symptoms.
✓. Patients with grade one spondylolisthesis without evident instability can be added.

Exclusion criteria

✕. Patients who are not available for follow up
✕. Patients who refuse to participate in the study
✕. Patients with evidence of instability
✕. Previously operated patients on the same or adjacent segment.

What they're measuring

Changes in VAS score for low back pain following decompression surgery and in the follow up visits .

Timeframe: 1 year post operative

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05791422

SponsorAssiut University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2024-12-20

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