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ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2020

Lumbar degenerative disease after oblique lateral interbody fusion: sagittal spinopelvic alignment and its impact on low back pain.

Jia Li, Di Zhang, Yong Shen, Xiangbei Qi

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Jia LiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050051, People's Republic of China.
Di ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050051, People's Republic of China.
Yong ShenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050051, People's Republic of China.
Xiangbei QiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050051, People's Republic of China. docqixiangbei@sohu.com.

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backgroundWe determined the incidence and risk factors of low back pain (LBP) in patients with lumbar degenerative disease after single-level oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF).

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 120 lumbar degenerative disease patients who underwent single-level OLIF. We compared preoperative and postoperative radiographic parameters, including segmental lordosis (SL), lumbar lordosis (LL), disk height (DH), pelvic incidence (PI), pelvic tilt (PT), sacral slope (SS), thoracic kyphosis (TK), and C7-sagittal vertical axis (SVA). Clinical outcomes were evaluated using the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores and visual analog scale (VAS) scores for back and leg pain. All patients were followed up for at least 2 years.

resultsThirty-eight patients had postoperative LBP (VAS score for back pain ≥3; LBP group); the remaining 82 patients were in the non-LBP group. Age (P = 0.082), gender (P = 0.425), body mass index (P = 0.138), diagnosis (degenerative spondylolisthesis vs. lumbar spinal stenosis; P = 0.529), surgical level (P = 0.651), blood loss (P = 0.889), and operative time (P = 0.731) did not differ between the groups. In both groups, the ODI and VAS scores for back pain and leg pain significantly improved at the final follow-up compared with the preoperative scores (P = 0.003). Except for the VAS score for back pain (P = 0.000), none of the scores significantly differed between the two groups at the final follow-up (P > 0.05). In the non-LBP group, LL, SL, DH, TK, and SS significantly improved, while PT and C7-SVA significantly decreased at the final follow-up as compared with the preoperative values. In both groups, DH significantly improved postoperatively, with no significant between-group difference (P = 0.325). At the final follow-up, LL, PI-LL mismatch, PT, and C7-SVA showed significantly greater improvement in the non-LBP group than in the LBP group (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis identified PT, PI-LL mismatch, and C7-SVA as significant risk factors for LBP after OLIF.

conclusionOLIF for single-level lumbar degenerative disease had satisfactory clinical outcomes. PT, PI-LL mismatch, and C7-SVA were significant risk factors for postoperative LBP. Patients with appropriately decreased PT, improved C7-SVA, and PI-LL match experienced less LBP.

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AgedDisability EvaluationFemaleHumansLow Back PainLumbar VertebraeMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSpinal FusionSpinal StenosisSpondylolisthesisLow back painLumbar degenerative diseaseOblique lateral interbody fusionSagittal spinopelvic alignment

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