Open Facet Joint Denervation in the Treatment of Low Back Pain

Queen's University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Back Pain

Treatments: Procedure: facet joint denervation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03487120

NCTO

Details and patient eligibility

About

A single blinded RCT for adult patients with spine pain. One group had a lumbar laminectomy with denervation of the facet joint at the level decompressed. The other group had a lumbar laminectomy without facet joint denervation. Both groups had their back pain and functional limitations measured using a 10 cm visual analogue scale and the Oswestry disability index (ODI). All measures were taken before surgery and at patients' 6, 12 and 24 week follow-up clinic visit.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 19 or older
• a diagnosis of spinal stenosis
• having neurogenic claudication
• complained of back pain for at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• previous surgery on their spine,
• fracture, systemic inflammatory disease,
• malignancies or an infection affecting their spine

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

lumbar laminectomy

No Intervention group

lumbar laminectomy with denervation of the facet joint

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: facet joint denervation