Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT05091112
Nerve Composition of Human Lumbar Dorsal Primary Rami and Its Medial Branch
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 20 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Aberdeen · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of the study is to understand the composition of the nerves supplying the facet joints in low back.
Detailed description
After written informed consent, the nerves supplying the facet joints - lumbar dorsal rami and its medial branches, will be harvested when they are exposed during spinal surgery. These nerves will be fixed, washed and further dissected to enable smaller sections. The cut section will be stained and subjected to analysis of overall cross-sectional area and presence of connective tissue sheaths under light microscope.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Spinal surgery | In participants who undergo elective lumbar spinal surgery and consented for research, the medial branch and dorsal rami will be harvested for histological analysis. |
| OTHER | Histology | The harvested nerves will be fixed, cut into smaller sections. Analysis of macroscopic and light microscopic sections will be carried out |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2022-03-08
- Primary completion
- 2024-12-31
- Completion
- 2024-12-31
- First posted
- 2021-10-25
- Last updated
- 2024-12-24
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05091112. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.