Anterior Interbody Lumbar Fusion in Severe Low Back Pain

Tiusanen, Hannu; Seitsalo, Seppo; Osterman, K; Soini, J

doi:10.1097/00003086-199603000-00018

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“…An improvement of 77.8% (Oswestry Index) for anterior lumbar interbody fusion supplemented with the Hartshill horseshoe cage is a better result than was achieved in several of the series reported in literature [1,3,15,23,25,26,27]. The clinical success rate in these studies was at best 74% subjective and 68% objective improvement.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Penta and Fraser [23] and Tiusanen et al [27] have reported that pseudarthrosis did not affect their outcome. There were several patients who had pseudarthrosis but had clinical success in their series.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…If that is the case then the implant may create a protected, conducive environment for a prolonged period for graft incorporation. Tiusanen et al [27] and Stauffer and Coventry [26] have recommended anterior interbody fusion as a salvage procedure. Our results show that this procedure is a suitable primary procedure.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Penta and Fraser [23] reported a 68% patient satisfaction rate and 72.4% overall fusion rate at a minimum follow-up of 10 years. Tiusanen et al [27] used posterior external fixators for stabilisation in ALIF. Solid fusion was obtained in 71% of patients, and 74% of patients were clinically very much improved at a minimum follow-up of 2 years (mean 5 years).…”

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“…The Hartshill horseshoe cage was designed to overcome these problems. To standardize our results to those recently reported in the literature [23,27], we used validated objective scores and also assessed the sickness/disability benefit status and psychological distress of these patients.…”

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Outcome of the Graf ligamentoplasty procedure compared with anterior lumbar interbody fusion with the Hartshill horseshoe cage

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Outcome of the Graf ligamentoplasty procedure compared with anterior lumbar interbody fusion with the Hartshill horseshoe cage

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Methods and Complications of Anterior Exposure of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine

Ikard¹

2006

Arch Surg

135

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To review the methods and complications of exposing the anterior aspects of the thoracic and lumbosacral spine. Data Sources: PubMed (journals database of the National Library of Medicine), text books, the University HealthSystem Consortium Clinical Process Improvement Benchmarking Project, a newspaper, and the US government Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Study Selection: Descriptions of morbidity and mortality specifically related to anterior spine exposure depicted in both case reports and clinical series were used. Data Extraction: Mortality data from clinical series with more than 30 cases were tabulated. Morbidity incidences were described. Data Synthesis: The frequency of anterior exposure of the spine for structural operations is steadily increasing. Both thoracic and lumbosacral anterior spine operations are associated with exposure-related complication rates of 10% to 50%. Pulmonary complications are frequent after thoracic exposures. Chylothorax is the most common of several rarer chest-exposure complications. Vascular complications, particularly arterial thrombosis (Ͻ1% of cases) and venous bleeding (2%-15% of cases), are the most frequent complications at the lumbar level. Other lumbosacral exposure complications include ureteral and nerve (somatic and sympathetic) injury. The mortality rate in anterior spine exposures is less than 1%. Conclusions: The exposure portions of anterior spine operations result in numerous complications. There are fewer reported complications with endoscopic exposures of the anterior spine than with open exposures, although endoscopic exposures have been used for less complicated cases. In comparable cases, neither exposure nor results of endoscopic operations have proven better than operations done through minilaparotomy incisions. Perioperative cooperation between exposing and spine surgeons is necessary to enhance results in anterior spine operations.

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Anterior Interbody Lumbar Fusion in Severe Low Back Pain

Cited by 61 publications

References 9 publications

Outcome of the Graf ligamentoplasty procedure compared with anterior lumbar interbody fusion with the Hartshill horseshoe cage

Outcome of the Graf ligamentoplasty procedure compared with anterior lumbar interbody fusion with the Hartshill horseshoe cage

Methods and Complications of Anterior Exposure of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine

Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty

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