ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2005
Spinal stenosis re-operation rate in Sweden is 11% at 10 years--a national analysis of 9,664 operations.
Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03754972 (The Sagittal Plane Shear Index), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers.
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The Sagittal Plane Shear Index (SPSI) for Planning Whether to Fuse After Decompressing a Stenotic Lumbar Level
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Abstract
Re-operation rates in spinal stenosis surgery vary between 5 and 23%. Most previous studies have been based on selected patients groups. We analysed the 10-year lumbar spinal stenosis re-operation rate from comprehensive Swedish national data during 1987-1999. The mean length of stay decreased from 2 weeks in 1987 to 1 week in 1999. Of 9,664 patients, 628 (6.5%) were re-operated. Within 30 days after the first spinal stenosis operation, 0.15% of the patients were re-operated. The 1-, 2-, 5-, and 10-year re-operation rates were 2, 5, 8 and 11%, respectively. The rate lowered by 31% over time. Adding a fusion may lower the re-operation risk, an observation which can only be evaluated in randomised trial.
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