Early Mobilisation Following Discectomy

Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Reduced Hospital Stay Without Complication

Treatments

Behavioral: Care program

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01710683

ON-07-006

Details and patient eligibility

About

After lumbar discectomy 1st postoperative day high intensity exercise training reduced hospital stay, pain and sick leave without side effects in the two year follow-up period.

Full description

Postoperative pain is a major cause of delayed convalescence after discectomy. Different analgesic treatments with the use of local analgesics and steroid can reduce the immediate postoperative pain and convalescence after surgery. In orthopaedic and abdominal surgery accelerated stay programs with early mobilisation have reduced pain in the early postoperative periode. The late convalescence after discectomy for herniated disc disease can be reduced with the use of epidural steroids.

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with primary lumbar herniated disc disease who have received and performed a standardized conservative treatment program with intensive exercises.
Oral and written acceptance.
Age 18 and above.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with central or lateral spinal stenosis due to spondylosis or disc degeneration who needed bilateral decompression, laminectomy or fusion.
Patients with cauda equina syndrome who needed acute operative treatment.