NCT03155789

Clinical Outcome After Lumbar Fusion

Clinical Outcome After Lumbar Fusion for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The main objective of this prospective study is to compare the clinical outcomes after lumbar fusion for chronic low back pain using the four techniques commonly employed in our surgical practice. Lumbar fusion stops motion at a painful vertebral segment, which can decrease back pain. The four techniques are standard transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (S TLIF), minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI TLIF), extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF), and axial lumbar interbody fusion (AxiaLIF). Each differ in where incisions are made and level of invasiveness; not all may be implemented in each surgical case. The four different techniques are all standard approaches with different advantages and have yet to be compared in efficacy for relieving chronic low back pain.

Conditions

• Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Lumbar Fusion	Standard Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (S TLIF) Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MI TLIF) AxiaLIF Fusion

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2016-07-01
• Completion: 2016-07-01
• First posted: 2017-05-16
• Last updated: 2017-05-16