• J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A · Oct 1998

    Comparative Study

    Laminectomy compared with laparoscopic diskectomy and outpatient laparoscopic diskectomy for herniated L5-S1 intervertebral disks.

    • G J Slotman and S C Stein.
    • Department of Surgery, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-Camden, 08103, USA.
    • J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 1998 Oct 1; 8 (5): 261-7.

    AbstractThe objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient laparoscopic lumbar diskectomy (LLD) compared with laminectomy (LAM) in the surgical treatment of disabling L5-S1 disk herniation. Sixty-two adults underwent surgery for herniated L5-S1 intervertebral disks (31 LLD and 31 LAM). Operative blood loss (EBL) (milliliters), operative time (ORT) (minutes), hospital stay (LOS), and rehabilitation time to normal activity (REHAB) (days), recurrent symptoms, postoperative morbidity, percent pain free, and hospital patient charges were calculated. Thirty LLD patients (97%) had immediate relief of disk pain. Morbidity after LLD included transient urinary retention (one) and rectus hematoma (one). One LAM patient had a pseudomeningocele. Among patients observed for > or =6 months, with a median follow up time of 34 months, 22 of 25 LLD patients (88%) returned to normal activity, while 12 of the LAM group (52%) were disabled (p = 0.004). Functional outcome was improved by LLD for workers compensation patients followed > or =6 months, with 86% LAM disabled, vs. 10% LLD (p = 0.001). Sixteen LLD patients (52%) and 18 (58%) of the LAM group needed postoperative physical therapy. Four LLD patients recurred; three required reoperation. Four LAM patients had surgery for recurrent disk herniation. ORT was longer for LLD than LAM (210 vs. 158 minutes, median, p < 0.05). EBL and REHAB time were significantly reduced with LLD, vs. LAM. With a median follow-up of 34 months, 58% of LLD and 39% of LAM patients followed > or =6 months were pain free. Outpatient LLD (n = 9) reduced LOS (1 day vs. 2 days and 4 days, p < 0.01) and lowered patient charges ($4,405 vs. $5,723 and $7,192, p < 0.01) compared with inpatient LLD (n = 23) and LAM, respectively. LLD is a safe, cost-effective, minimally invasive alternative to LAM for treating herniated L5-S1 disks. Compared with LAM, LLD reduces EBL, LOS, REHAB time, and patient charges, improves function, and increases long-term pain relief. Cost effectiveness is optimized when LLD is performed as outpatient surgery.

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