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ArticleWorld neurosurgery: X2024

Lumbar sacralization and L

Pouya Omidi, Saeid Abrishamkar, Mehdi Mahmoodkhani, Arman Sourani, Amin Dehghan, Mina Foroughi, Sadegh Baradaran Mahdavi, Donya Sheibani Tehrani, Roham Nik Khah, Shaahin Veisi

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Article in World neurosurgery: X, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Radiologic Insights: Diagnosing Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae. Systematic Review of the Literature.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pouya OmidiNeurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Saeid AbrishamkarNeurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Mehdi MahmoodkhaniNeurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Arman SouraniNeurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Amin DehghanIsfahan Medical Students' Research Committee (IMSRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Mina ForoughiIsfahan Medical Students' Research Committee (IMSRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Sadegh Baradaran MahdaviDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Donya Sheibani TehraniNeurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Roham Nik KhahIsfahan Medical Students' Research Committee (IMSRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Shaahin VeisiIsfahan Medical Students' Research Committee (IMSRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the role of lumbar sacralization (LS) on the surgical outcomes of L4-L5 microdiscectomy. Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in a university referral hospital. The patients with L4-L5 disc herniation and eligible for microdiscectomy were enrolled and allocated in G1 (with LS) and G2 (no LS). After the L4-L5 microdiscectomy patients were followed, clinical and radiological parameters were collected to investigate the influence on the outcomes. Recurrence, low back outcome score (LBOS), and the Oswestry disability index (ODI) were defined as main outcomes. Results: Two hundred and forty patients ( Conclusion: L4-L5 microdiscectomy in patients with lumbar sacralization was associated with higher recurrence rates, worse ODI and LBOS scores, persistent postoperative axial back pain, and radicular pain. Postoperative axial back pain and poor LBOS results could effectively predict a higher recurrence rate following L4-L5 microdiscectomy in lumbar sacralization.

Indexed as

Disc herniationL4-L5 discectomyLow back outcome scoreLow back painLumbar sacralizationLumbosacral transitional vertebraOswestry disability indexRecurrence

Identifiers

PMID38511158
PMCPMC10950722
OpenAlexW4392563887

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