Two Portal Percutaneous Endoscopic Decompression vs Open Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Prospective Randomizer Control Trial

Not Applicable

• Conditions: - intra- operative complications- improve post- operative outcome; percutaneous endoscopic; decompression; lumbar

• Registration Number: TCTR20150622001
• Lead Sponsor: no

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06-22
• Study Completion: 2016-07-01
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending (Not yet recruiting)
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

sciatica or neurogenic claudication with or without paresis, back pain maximum 30/100 on the visual analogue scale (VAS), conservative therapy exhausted or no longer indicated due to the symptoms,one or two segmental central stenosis caused by facet hypertrophy, hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum, and disc protrusions or the combination of those.

Exclusion Criteria

predominant back pain, foraminal stenosis in the lower level, fresh soft disc herniations with bony stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis more than Meyerding Grade I, instability in dynamic radiographs, scoliosis more than 20°, prior surgery in the same segment, and cauda equina syndrome.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
VAS, ODI score, Macnab criteria two years continuous data

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
operative time, complications, analgesic use two years discrete data