Lumbar Fusion Compared With Conservative Treatment in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Meta-analysis

Completed

• Conditions: Comparison Between Effectiveness of Lumbar Fusion and Conservative Treatment

• Registration Number: NCT01780194
• Lead Sponsor: Turku University Hospital

Brief Summary

* To determine the effect size of lumbar fusion measured by Oswestry Disability Index and compared with conservative treatment in patients with chronic low back pain.

* Meta-analysis using fixed effect model synthesis method.

* Included studies were retrieved from Medline and Cochrane CENTRAL databases since 1990.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-12
• Study First Submitted: 2013-01-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-01-29
• Study First Posted: 2013-01-30
• Primary Completion: 2013-02
• Status Verified: 2013-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-11-27
• Last Update Posted: 2013-11-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 666

Inclusion Criteria

• controlled randomized or non-randomized studies

Exclusion Criteria

• not specified

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oswestry Disability Index	2 years