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Revision Discectomy With or Without Fusion for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation: What's Better?
April 2024
Revision Discectomy With or Without Fusion for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation: What's Better?
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1
Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation: Does Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Lead to Better Clinical and Radiological Outcomes than Redo-Discectomy?
Asian Spine J . 2023 Oct;17(5):862-869.Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
A total of 60 patients with recurrent lumbar disc herniation (RDH) were enrolled in this prospective randomized comparative clinical study. Patients were randomly assigned to undergo either revision microdiscectomy alone (n=30) or revision discectomy with fusion (n=30). The primary outcome measure was the improvement in pain and disability following surgery. Secondary outcomes included operative d...
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