Observational studyEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2018
Outcome of surgery for degenerative lumbar scoliosis: an observational study using the Swedish Spine register.
Observational study 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, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Psychological predictors of quality of life and functional outcome in patients undergoing elective surgery for degenerative lumbar spine disease.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 · 2020Pooled it
- Efficacy of intervertebral release combined with asymmetric osteotomy in rigid degenerative scoliosis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- The Influence of Multilevel Spinal Deformity Surgery on the EuroQol 5 Dimensions' (EQ-5D) Questionnaire and Residential Status in the Elderly: A Prospective, Observational, Multicenter Study.Global spine journal · 2024Article
- The Difference in Paraspinal Muscle Parameters and the Correlation with Health-Related Quality of Life among Healthy Individuals, Patients with Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis and Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Revision Spinal Surgery at a University Hospital: Incidence, Causes, and Microbiological Agents in Infected Patients.International journal of spine surgery · 2022Article
- Comparison of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic decompression and short-segment fusion in the treatment of elderly degenerative lumbar scoliosis with spinal stenosis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Long-term outcome of targeted therapy for low back pain in elderly degenerative lumbar scoliosis.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 · 2021Article
- Degenerative lumbar scoliosis patients with proximal junctional kyphosis have lower muscularity, fatty degeneration at the lumbar area.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 · 2021Article
- Validation of a surgical invasiveness index in patients with lumbar spinal disorders registered in the Spine Tango registry.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 · 2021Article
- A hybrid therapeutic approach for decreasing postoperative complications in patients with adult lumbar degenerative scoliosis.Medicine · 2020Observational
- Revision after spinal stenosis surgery.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 · 2020Review
- Curve progression in de novo degenerative lumbar scoliosis combined with degenerative segment disease after short-segment fusion.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 · 2020Article
- The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European Spine Journal review: a survey of the "surgical and research" articles in the European Spine Journal, 2018.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 · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeThe outcome of surgery for degenerative lumbar scoliosis was studied in the Swedish Spine register.
methods209 patients (mean age 66 years) were identified; 45 had undergone decompression and/or fusion of one segment (minor group) and 164 had undergone fusion of two or more segments, with or without decompression (major group).
resultsVAS back pain, VAS leg pain, ODI and EQ-5D index improved after surgery in both groups (p < 0.05), with medium to large effect sizes of surgery. Global assessment for back pain and satisfaction was significantly better in the major group than in the minor group (p < 0.05) at the 2-year follow-up. Additional spine surgery was observed in 57 out of the 209 patients during a mean period of 5.4 years.
conclusionSurgery for degenerative lumbar scoliosis improves quality of life with medium to large effect sizes, but carries a high risk of additional surgery.
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