Spinal fusion: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Robert Badgett
(Created page with "In medicine, '''spinal fusion''' is "operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with di...")
 
imported>Robert Badgett
Line 4: Line 4:
Several [[systematic review]]s of spinal fusion for chronic nonspecific [[lumbalgia]] have been performed."Surgery for radiculopathy with  herniated lumbar disc and symptomatic spinal stenosis is associated with  short-term benefits compared to nonsurgical therapy, though benefits  diminish with long-term follow-up in some trials" according to one [[systematic review]]. <ref  name="pmid19363455">{{cite journal| author=Chou R, Baisden J,  Carragee EJ, Resnick DK, Shaffer WO, Loeser JD| title=Surgery for low  back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society  Clinical Practice Guideline. | journal=Spine (Phila Pa 1976) | year=  2009 | volume= 34 | issue= 10 | pages= 1094-109 | pmid=19363455 |  doi=10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a105fc | pmc= | url= }}  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19841448  Review in: Ann Intern Med. 2009 Oct 20;151(8):JC4-11]  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19949183  Review in: Evid Based Med. 2009 Dec;14(6):180-1] </ref>"Surgery may be more efficacious  than unstructured nonsurgical care for chronic back pain but may not be  more efficacious than structured cognitive-behavior therapy" according to one [[systematic review]].<ref  name="pmid17414918">{{cite journal| author=Mirza SK, Deyo RA|  title=Systematic review of randomized trials comparing lumbar fusion  surgery to nonoperative care for treatment of chronic back pain. |  journal=Spine (Phila Pa 1976) | year= 2007 | volume= 32 | issue= 7 |  pages= 816-23 | pmid=17414918 | doi=10.1097/01.brs.0000259225.37454.38 |  pmc= |  url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17414918  }} </ref>
Several [[systematic review]]s of spinal fusion for chronic nonspecific [[lumbalgia]] have been performed."Surgery for radiculopathy with  herniated lumbar disc and symptomatic spinal stenosis is associated with  short-term benefits compared to nonsurgical therapy, though benefits  diminish with long-term follow-up in some trials" according to one [[systematic review]]. <ref  name="pmid19363455">{{cite journal| author=Chou R, Baisden J,  Carragee EJ, Resnick DK, Shaffer WO, Loeser JD| title=Surgery for low  back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society  Clinical Practice Guideline. | journal=Spine (Phila Pa 1976) | year=  2009 | volume= 34 | issue= 10 | pages= 1094-109 | pmid=19363455 |  doi=10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a105fc | pmc= | url= }}  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19841448  Review in: Ann Intern Med. 2009 Oct 20;151(8):JC4-11]  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19949183  Review in: Evid Based Med. 2009 Dec;14(6):180-1] </ref>"Surgery may be more efficacious  than unstructured nonsurgical care for chronic back pain but may not be  more efficacious than structured cognitive-behavior therapy" according to one [[systematic review]].<ref  name="pmid17414918">{{cite journal| author=Mirza SK, Deyo RA|  title=Systematic review of randomized trials comparing lumbar fusion  surgery to nonoperative care for treatment of chronic back pain. |  journal=Spine (Phila Pa 1976) | year= 2007 | volume= 32 | issue= 7 |  pages= 816-23 | pmid=17414918 | doi=10.1097/01.brs.0000259225.37454.38 |  pmc= |  url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17414918  }} </ref>


Several [[randomized controlled trial]]s of spinal fusion for chronic nonspecific [[lumbalgia]] have been performed.
Several [[randomized controlled trial]]s of spinal fusion for chronic nonspecific [[lumbalgia]] have been performed."Lumbar fusion in a well-informed  and selected group of patients with severe CLBP can diminish pain and  decrease disability more efficiently than commonly used nonsurgical  treatment." according to a [[randomized controlled trial]]. <ref  name="pmid11725230">{{cite journal| author=Fritzell P, Hägg O,  Wessberg P, Nordwall A, Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group| title=2001  Volvo Award Winner in Clinical Studies: Lumbar fusion versus nonsurgical  treatment for chronic low back pain: a multicenter randomized  controlled trial from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group. |  journal=Spine (Phila Pa 1976) | year= 2001 | volume= 26 | issue= 23 |  pages= 2521-32; discussion 2532-4 | pmid=11725230 | doi= | pmc= | url=  }} </ref>" The success rate was 50% in the fusion group and 48% in the cognitive intervention/exercise group" according to a [[randomized controlled trial]]. <ref  name="pmid16545523">{{cite journal| author=Brox JI, Reikerås O,  Nygaard Ø, Sørensen R, Indahl A, Holm I et al.| title=Lumbar  instrumented fusion compared with cognitive intervention and exercises  in patients with chronic back pain after previous surgery for disc  herniation: a prospective randomized controlled study. | journal=Pain |  year= 2006 | volume= 122 | issue= 1-2 | pages= 145-55 | pmid=16545523 |  doi=10.1016/j.pain.2006.01.027 | pmc= |  url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16545523  }} </ref>"The main outcome measure showed  equal improvement in patients with chronic low back pain and disc  degeneration randomized to cognitive intervention and exercises, or  lumbar fusion." according to a [[randomized controlled trial]]. <ref  name="pmid12973134">{{cite journal| author=Brox JI, Sørensen R,  Friis A, Nygaard Ø, Indahl A, Keller A et al.| title=Randomized clinical  trial of lumbar instrumented fusion and cognitive intervention and  exercises in patients with chronic low back pain and disc degeneration. |  journal=Spine (Phila Pa 1976) | year= 2003 | volume= 28 | issue= 17 |  pages= 1913-21 | pmid=12973134 | doi=10.1097/01.BRS.0000083234.62751.7A |  pmc= | url= }} </ref>"Both groups reported reductions in disability during two years of follow-up, possibly unrelated to the interventions" according to a [[randomized controlled trial]]. <ref  name="pmid15911537">{{cite journal| author=Fairbank J, Frost H,  Wilson-MacDonald J, Yu LM, Barker K, Collins R et al.| title=Randomised  controlled trial to compare surgical stabilisation of the lumbar spine  with an intensive rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low  back pain: the MRC spine stabilisation trial. | journal=BMJ | year=  2005 | volume= 330 | issue= 7502 | pages= 1233 | pmid=15911537 |  doi=10.1136/bmj.38441.620417.8F | pmc=PMC558090 |  url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15911537  }}  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16189890  Review in: J Fam Pract. 2005 Sep;54(9):752] </ref>


==References==
==References==
<references/>
<references/>

Revision as of 19:57, 5 April 2012

In medicine, spinal fusion is "operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with diskectomy or laminectomy."[1]

Effectiveness

Several systematic reviews of spinal fusion for chronic nonspecific lumbalgia have been performed."Surgery for radiculopathy with herniated lumbar disc and symptomatic spinal stenosis is associated with short-term benefits compared to nonsurgical therapy, though benefits diminish with long-term follow-up in some trials" according to one systematic review. [2]"Surgery may be more efficacious than unstructured nonsurgical care for chronic back pain but may not be more efficacious than structured cognitive-behavior therapy" according to one systematic review.[3]

Several randomized controlled trials of spinal fusion for chronic nonspecific lumbalgia have been performed."Lumbar fusion in a well-informed and selected group of patients with severe CLBP can diminish pain and decrease disability more efficiently than commonly used nonsurgical treatment." according to a randomized controlled trial. [4]" The success rate was 50% in the fusion group and 48% in the cognitive intervention/exercise group" according to a randomized controlled trial. [5]"The main outcome measure showed equal improvement in patients with chronic low back pain and disc degeneration randomized to cognitive intervention and exercises, or lumbar fusion." according to a randomized controlled trial. [6]"Both groups reported reductions in disability during two years of follow-up, possibly unrelated to the interventions" according to a randomized controlled trial. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Spinal fusion (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Chou R, Baisden J, Carragee EJ, Resnick DK, Shaffer WO, Loeser JD (2009). "Surgery for low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guideline.". Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34 (10): 1094-109. DOI:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a105fc. PMID 19363455. Research Blogging. Review in: Ann Intern Med. 2009 Oct 20;151(8):JC4-11 Review in: Evid Based Med. 2009 Dec;14(6):180-1
  3. ↑ Mirza SK, Deyo RA (2007). "Systematic review of randomized trials comparing lumbar fusion surgery to nonoperative care for treatment of chronic back pain.". Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32 (7): 816-23. DOI:10.1097/01.brs.0000259225.37454.38. PMID 17414918. Research Blogging.
  4. ↑ Fritzell P, Hägg O, Wessberg P, Nordwall A, Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group (2001). "2001 Volvo Award Winner in Clinical Studies: Lumbar fusion versus nonsurgical treatment for chronic low back pain: a multicenter randomized controlled trial from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group.". Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 26 (23): 2521-32; discussion 2532-4. PMID 11725230. [e]
  5. ↑ Brox JI, Reikerås O, Nygaard Ø, Sørensen R, Indahl A, Holm I et al. (2006). "Lumbar instrumented fusion compared with cognitive intervention and exercises in patients with chronic back pain after previous surgery for disc herniation: a prospective randomized controlled study.". Pain 122 (1-2): 145-55. DOI:10.1016/j.pain.2006.01.027. PMID 16545523. Research Blogging.
  6. ↑ Brox JI, Sørensen R, Friis A, Nygaard Ø, Indahl A, Keller A et al. (2003). "Randomized clinical trial of lumbar instrumented fusion and cognitive intervention and exercises in patients with chronic low back pain and disc degeneration.". Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 28 (17): 1913-21. DOI:10.1097/01.BRS.0000083234.62751.7A. PMID 12973134. Research Blogging.
  7. ↑ Fairbank J, Frost H, Wilson-MacDonald J, Yu LM, Barker K, Collins R et al. (2005). "Randomised controlled trial to compare surgical stabilisation of the lumbar spine with an intensive rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain: the MRC spine stabilisation trial.". BMJ 330 (7502): 1233. DOI:10.1136/bmj.38441.620417.8F. PMID 15911537. PMC PMC558090. Research Blogging. Review in: J Fam Pract. 2005 Sep;54(9):752
Retrieved from "https://citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Spinal_fusion&oldid=838401"