• Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban · Aug 2006

    [Surgical treatment for lumbar discogenic low back pain].

    • Xi-yang Wang, Zhao-hui Hu, Jian-zhong Hu, Kang-hua Li, and Hong-qi Zhang.
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China. wqlwqwxy@163.com
    • Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2006 Aug 1; 31 (4): 607-9, 612.

    ObjectiveTo explore the curative effect of surgical treatment for lumbar discogenic low back pain.MethodsForty-two patients with lumbar discogenic low back pain were treated with disc excision and lumbar interbody fusion: 12 of them were treated with posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF), 30 with afront lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF). The clinical results were evaluated by pre- and post-operative visual analogue scale (VAS), and the fusion rates of the lumbosacral spine were evaluated by X-ray.ResultsThe average follow-up period was 18 months, ranging from 6 to 36 months. Low back pain basically disappeared in 11 patients treated with PLIF, with mild back pain in one patient; VAS after the operation decreased significantly in comparison with that preoperatively (P<0.01). Low back pain basically disappeared in 28 patients treated with ALIF; VAS after the operation decreased significantly in comparison with that preoperatively (P<0.01). The fusion rate was 90% in patients treated with PLIF, and 93% in patients with ALIF.ConclusionDisc excision and interbody fusion is effective in the treatment of lumbar discogenic low back pain, but the operation indications should be paid attention to.

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