Status:

COMPLETED

LLIF Plus Posterior Decompression for Severe Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Lead Sponsor:

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

Conditions:

Lumbar Spine Degeneration

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Eligibility:

All Genders

50-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF), as a minimally invasive technique, is an indirect decompression technique, and its decompression effect is not as thorough as traditional posterior decompressio...

Detailed Description

The current randomized controlled trial consists of two groups. Patients included in the study are with Schizas's stenosis grades C. Patients in one group received transpsoas lateral lumbar interbody ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and female patients who are 50 - 80 years of age.
  • Patients who present with symptomatic Grade I or II degenerative spondylolisthesis at one or two contiguous lumbar levels between L1 and L5 and who are surgical candidates for interbody lumbar fusion surgery; symptoms should include radiculopathy and/or neurogenic claudication with or without back pain.
  • Patients who have been unresponsive to at least 6 months of conservative treatments or who exhibit progressive neurological symptoms in the face of conservative treatment.
  • Patients who understand the conditions of enrollment and are willing to sign an informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion

  • Patients with lumbar pathologies requiring treatment at more than two levels.
  • Patients who have had previous lumbar fusion surgery.
  • Patients with congenital lumbar stenosis.
  • Patients with radiographic confirmation of Grade IV facet joint disease or degeneration.
  • Patients with noncontained or extruded herniated nucleus pulposus.
  • Patients with active local or systemic infection.
  • Patients with rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune disease.
  • Patients who cannot undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
  • Patients who are mentally incompetent.
  • Patients with BMI over 30kg/m2 or less than 18 kg/m2.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 30 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

72 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04094220

Start Date

August 1 2019

End Date

December 30 2022

Last Update

December 29 2023

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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310000