Comparisons Therapeutic Effects of Different PELD Procedure on LSS.

Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University140 enrolled

Overview

Different procedure of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) was with ventral decompression of dural sac on the lumbar spinal stenosis remains unkonwn.The traditional transforaminal endoscopic spine system (TESSYS) of PELD has been used in clnical for many years, but cannot achieve dorsal decompression. A newly developed modified TESSYS procedure, "U" route PELD combining ventral and dorsal decompression was introduced. Nevertheless, the superior between TESSYS and "U" route PELD procedures on treating LSS remains unknown. This study is desinged to recruit degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis patients who underwent TESSYS or "U" rout PELD, recruited from January 2014 to December 2017. These patients will be followed up for 2 years, and assessed the minimum dura sac cross sectional area (mDCSA) by MRI, and visual analogue scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) at pre- and post-operation. The global clinical outcomes were evaluated using modified MacNab criteria postoperatively. Thus, comprehensively evaluate the safety and therapeutic effects of the two PELD procedures on LSS treatments.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

140

Conditions

Degeneration Disc Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 85 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * (1) patients with the diagnosis of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) (central stenosis with or without lateral recess stenosis) on mono or double segments, with the imaging evidence of magnetic resonance images (MRI) and computed tomography (CT); (2) patients presented low back pain, limp and sciatica, and have accepted conservative treatment more than 3 months but failed in symptoms relief; (3) patients agreed to accept TESSYS or the "U" route PELD procedure over other spinal surgeries; (4) patients had lumbar MRI imaging examines in our hospital at pre- and post-operation. Exclusion Criteria: * (1) patients with spinal instability, including dynamic instability or more than Grade II spondylolisthesis; (2) patients had spinal surgical history; (3) patients with peripheral nerve disease, systematic infection, bleeding diathesis or high risk of bleeding that cannot tolerate the surgery; (4) patients with mental illness and were uncooperative; (5) patients lost to the follow up.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain assessed by Visual Analogue Scale

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS 0 to 10)

Time frame: Preoperation to postoperative 2 years.

Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)

the disability with ODI (0 to 100)

Time frame: Preoperation to postoperative 2 years.

Secondary Outcomes

minimum Dural sac cross sectional area (mDCSA)

the mDCSA at the most constricted lumbar spinal level of surgical intervertebral disc were measured for three times by the software of INFINITT Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) (INFINITT Healthcare Co., Seoul Korea)

Time frame: Baseline and postoperative 1-month