Irrigation Endoscopic Decompression

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis

Treatments: Procedure: Irrigation Endoscopic Decompressive Laminotomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02254590

Kasr Einy

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate a new endoscopic technique for lumbar spinal canal decompression.

Full description

104 consecutive patients suffering of neurogenic claudication were included in the study.

Patients were operated using the irrigation endoscopic decompression technique. Mean Follow up was 28 months Primary outcome measures were assessed using the Oswestry Disability Index [19] and the modified Macnab Criteria All statistical calculations were done using computer programs SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Science; SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) version 15 for Microsoft Windows

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Neurogenic claudication or radicular leg pain with or without back pain, and/or a neurological deficit
2. Symptoms and signs correlating with moderate to severe spinal canal stenosis as shown on MRI. (Degenerative and congenital bony stenosis were included)
3. Failure of 3 months conservative treatment
4. Grade I degenerative spondylolisthesis and degenerative scoliosis

Exclusion criteria

1. Segmental Instability
2. Lytic Spondylolisthesis

2- Predominant low back pain

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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104 participants in 1 patient group

IEDL

Experimental group

Description:

Endoscopic decompression of spinal stenosis

Treatment:

Procedure: Irrigation Endoscopic Decompressive Laminotomy