2003
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-002-0493-8
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Complications in lumbar fusion surgery for chronic low back pain: comparison of three surgical techniques used in a prospective randomized study. A report from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group

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“…Besides these side effects of fusion, clinical healing might be suboptimal in cases even with satisfactory radiological results [22, 59]. Therefore, the use of posterior dynamic stabilization in the surgical treatment of DDD may provide greater patient satisfaction, resulting from shorter hospital stays, less recuperation time, and none of the disadvantages related to fusion, which requires more invasive procedures.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Besides these side effects of fusion, clinical healing might be suboptimal in cases even with satisfactory radiological results [22, 59]. Therefore, the use of posterior dynamic stabilization in the surgical treatment of DDD may provide greater patient satisfaction, resulting from shorter hospital stays, less recuperation time, and none of the disadvantages related to fusion, which requires more invasive procedures.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Benzel [16] included degenerative disc disease among the chronic instabilities and described the disease as “dysfunctional segmental motion” and “torsional instability.” Fusion is the standard surgical treatment option for painful lumbar degenerative disc disease that is unresponsive to conservative treatment modalities. Nonetheless, the side effects of fusion (pseudarthrosis, adjacent segment disease, and the donor site morbidity) and suboptimal clinical satisfaction rates, which have been reported even in patients with radiologically observed fusion, have led to a search for alternative treatments [1722]. …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We felt that the quality of complication data in SWESPINE is not optimal. In general, more complicated methods lead to higher frequencies of complications, indicating that instrumentation with pedicle screws and interbody fusion techniques generate more complications than posterolateral fusion techniques (Fritzell et al 2003). …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While spine surgery rates are increasing, the number of FBSS procedures has increased accordingly and has become a serious problem [678]. The risk of developing FBSS after lumbar spinal surgery varies from 4% to 50% [9101112]. The wide range reflects the heterogeneities in the study populations, criteria, procedures, follow-up duration and historical timing of the surgery.…”
Section: Epidemiologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…All of these issues indicate the need for further research to better understand the etiology of FBSS [5]. The current frequency of this syndrome in the general population is estimated as 0.02% and 2% [9101112]. …”
Section: Epidemiologymentioning
confidence: 99%