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NL-OMON50214Not yet recruitingNot Applicable

The PLUS Study: Preventing Lumbar disc surgery - PLUS study

ZonMw0 sites146 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Not yet recruiting
Sponsor
ZonMw
Enrollment
146

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 to 64 (—)

Inclusion Criteria

  • Incapacitating lumbosacral radicular syndrome with leg pain, NRS>6, (with or
  • without back pain) that had lasted for a minimum of 6 weeks with or without
  • mild neurological deficit, medical research council (MRC) muscle scale higher
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which confirms a lumbar HNP that compromises
  • the spinal nerve and can explain the clinical symptoms of the patient
  • The patients should according to usual care have an indication for lumbar HNP
  • operation by a neurosurgeon.
  • Signed informed consent for participation in the study
  • 18 years and above

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients suffering from cauda equina syndrome
  • Previous spine surgery at the same level during the previous 6 months
  • Previous transforminal injections at the same level during the previous 6
  • Bony stenosis
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Pregnancy
  • Complicated disc herniation requiring more operations
  • Severe coexisting disease e.g. osteoporosis, dementia
  • Patient with contra-indications for steroids injections
  • Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language
  • Emergency surgery as determined by the neurosurgeon
  • Being allergic for OMNIPAQUE 240

Investigators

Sponsor
ZonMw

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