Minimally invasive decompression for leg symptoms is clinically effective in the majority of patients, but those with scoliosis have a higher revision rate, according to an article published in Spine.
Researchers evaluated a single surgeon's patients receiving MIS lumbar laminoplasty for focal lumbar spinal stenosis over a period of five years. Twenty-two patients had no deformity, 25 had only spondylolisthesis, 16 had stenosis with scoliosis and 12 had stenosis combined with spondylolisthesis and scoliosis.
The revision rate for patients with scoliosis was significant compared to patients without scoliosis.
Read the abstract published about minimally invasive decompression.
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Researchers evaluated a single surgeon's patients receiving MIS lumbar laminoplasty for focal lumbar spinal stenosis over a period of five years. Twenty-two patients had no deformity, 25 had only spondylolisthesis, 16 had stenosis with scoliosis and 12 had stenosis combined with spondylolisthesis and scoliosis.
The revision rate for patients with scoliosis was significant compared to patients without scoliosis.
Read the abstract published about minimally invasive decompression.
Read other coverage on spine surgery:
- Los Angeles' Olympia Medical Center Provides iO-Flex System for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Spine Surgery Research Update: Biologics in Spine Surgery
- Researchers Recommend Angiography After Spine Surgery