Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy. An outcome study

Autor:	Alex C. McLaren, Michael P. Grevitt, I. M. Shackleford, R. C. Mulholland
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy Short form 36 medicine.disease Surgery Lumbar disc prolapse Intervertebral disk medicine Back pain Health survey Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Hernia Lumbar spine medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume. :626-629
ISSN:	2044-5377 0301-620X
DOI:	10.1302/0301-620x.77b4.7615610
Popis:	We treated 137 patients with symptomatic lumbar disc prolapse by automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy (APLD). Seventeen (12%) required further operation. At a mean follow-up of 55 months, the success rate was 45%. Of those who had APLD alone, 52% were graded as either excellent or good. In this group, 76% were employed, and the mean Oswestry score was 28.2%. One-third of those patients initially rated as successful had deterioration in symptoms and increased disability from back pain. The Short Form 36 health survey questionnaire revealed that these patients had a chronic ill-health profile.
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